by Allen B. Downey
If you know how to program, you have the skills to turn data into knowledge using the tools of probability and statistics. This concise introduction shows you how to perform statistical analysis computationally, rather than mathematically, with programs written in Python.You'll work with a case study throughout the book to help you learn the entire data analysis process - from collecting data and gener...
Price: $81.90 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2011
by Matthew A. Russell
Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn generate a tremendous amount of valuable social data, but how can you find out who's making connections with social media, what they're talking about, or where they're located? This concise and practical book shows you how to answer these questions and more. You'll learn how to combine social web data, analysis techniques, and visualization to help you fin...
Price: $12.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2011
by David Brian Mathews
Panda3D is a game engine, a framework for 3D rendering and game development for Python and C++ programs. It includes graphics, audio, I/O, collision detection, and other abilities relevant to the creation of 3D games. Also, Panda3D is Open Source and free for any purpose, including commercial ventures. This book will enable you to create finished, marketable computer games using Panda3D and other entirely o...
Price: $12.37 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2011
by Craig Finch
Your work demands results, and you don't have time for tedious, repetitive mathematical tasks. Sage is a free, open-source software package that automates symbolic and numerical calculations with the power of the Python programming language, so you can focus on the analytical and creative aspects of your work or studies.Sage Beginner's Guide shows you how to do calculations with Sage. Each concept...
Price: $29.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2011
by Ivan Idris
An action-packed guide for the easy-to-use, high performance, Python based free open source NumPy mathematical library using real-world examples.The first and only book that truly explores NumPy practically. Perform high performance calculations with clean and efficient NumPy code. Analyze large data sets with statistical functions. Execute complex linear algebra and mathematical computations....
Price: $26.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2011
by James Payne
As an open source, object-oriented programming language, Python is easy to understand, extendable, and user-friendly. This book covers every aspect of Python so that you can get started writing your own programs with Python today. Author James Payne begins with the most basic concepts of the Python language - placing a special focus on the 2.6 and 3.1 versions - and he offers an in-depth look at existing Py...
Price: $7.99 | Publisher: Wrox | Release: 2010
Foundations of Python Network Programming, 2nd Edition 
by John Goerzen, Brandon Rhodes
You will learn fundamentals like IP, TCP, DNS and SSL by using working Python programs; you will also be able to familiarize yourself with infrastructure components like memcached and message queues. You can also delve into network server designs, and compare threaded approaches with asynchronous event-based solutions.But the biggest change is this edition's expanded treatment of the web. The HTTP prot...
Price: $39.99 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2010
by Magnus Lie Hetland
Python Algorithms explains the Python approach to algorithm analysis and design. Written by Magnus Lie Hetland, author of Beginning Python, this book is sharply focused on classical algorithms, but it also gives a solid understanding of fundamental algorithmic problem-solving techniques.The book is intended for Python programmers who need to learn about algorithmic problem-solving, or who need a refresher. ...
Price: $18.00 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2010
by Albert Lukaszewski
Python is a dynamic programming language, which is completely enterprise ready, owing largely to the variety of support modules that are available to extend its capabilities. In order to build productive and feature-rich Python applications, we need to use MySQL for Python, a module that provides database support to our applications. Although you might be familiar with accessing data in MySQL, here you will...
Price: $29.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2010
Python Text Processing with NLTK 2.0 Cookbook
by Jacob Perkins
Natural Language Processing is used everywhere - in search engines, spell checkers, mobile phones, computer games - even your washing machine. Python's Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK) suite of libraries has rapidly emerged as one of the most efficient tools for Natural Language Processing. You want to employ nothing less than the best techniques in Natural Language Processing - and this book is your an...
Price: $23.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2010