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Python for Data Science

Looking at more resources online for Python for Data Science.

There are many good resources available.

Of course the main tools are: Numpy, Pandas, MathPlotLib, SkiKit-Learn has some amazing tools.

Kaggle for instance has Data Science contents, but good to install a local system like the Jupyter Notebook to speed things up as the Kaggle editor can lag and take some time to run on small data-sets.

The newer DataCamp has some neat tutorials on it and simple App to do daily exercises on your mobile device.

Here is the Python DataScience Handbook. Really useful.

A short tutorial: Learn Python for Data Science, a fun read.

A list of cool DataSci tutorials is here, and another how to get started with Python for DS.

Will add more later.


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