Machine Learning Algorithms

The next book adventure is “Machine Learning Algorithms” by Giuseppe Bonaccorso, Packt Publishing, (Jul 2017), 360 pages. My initial preview suggests there is a lot to learn and so little time. Perhaps its time to let machines do more of the work. Until Next Time – Stay lean! Related Articles and Resources Python Machine Learning – Second Edition by Sebastian […]

Python DoWhy

Microsoft’s DoWhy Library for Python greatly simplifies the task of estimating causal effects.  If you or someone you know is involved in data analysis, it is worth your while to see what DoWhy can do for you. I have spent a little time working with the library and although I have no coding examples at this time, the powerful nature […]

High-Performing Python

I was pleasantly surprised to see some very useful downloads when I opened the November 2017 issue of the Intel Developer Products Newsletter: Intel Distribution for Python – Accelerate Python Performance – Powered by ANACONDA, and Intel Performance Libraries – Download these free libraries today to create better, more reliable, and faster software applications. Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library (Intel DAAL) Intel […]

GUI’s, wxPack, and wxWidgets

wxWidgets and GUI’s In our post “Where’s the Graphics? Learning from our Roots (Tcl / Tk)” we focused on Tcl/Tk as a primary GUI development language.  We also mentioned QT as a viable alternative.  QT provides a more powerful GUI development API when compared to Tcl/Tk, however, the licensing schema for QT is also more complex. To paraphrase the description from […]

ActiveState Tcl 8.6.2.0

It’s hard to believe that one day after we published “Where’s the Graphics?” ActiveState released Tcl 8.6.2.0.  Though the link to the download page remains the same, we updated the context of our post to reflect the latest version number. Visit the ActiveState Tcl 8.6 page for more detailed information.  ActiveState’s ActiveTcl Community Edition is a free, ready-to-install distribution for Windows, Linux, and Max […]

Where’s the Graphics? Learning from our Roots (Tcl / Tk)

One of our “side bar” challenges is developing software solutions (applications) for our clients.  Simple or complex, they all have one element in common, a Graphical User Interface or GUI. Imagine the surprise and disappointment on the faces of many beginning programmers and developers when they discover that powerful languages like Assembler, C, C++, and even Python start by teaching you how […]

Executable Python on Windows

We provide solutions to our clients in a variety of forms.  Customized software solutions is just one of them and knowing more than one programming language makes it possible to choose an effective and efficient platform accordingly. Python is a relatively simple yet powerful language. I was concerned that anyone wanting to use programs written in Python would also have to install Python on […]