Fake data can be invaluable for testing or demonstrating behaviour without using live, production data. This lets you protect your production data or help you get started when you don’t yet have a production system set up. This post gives an overview of the Python fake data package faker, which is invaluable for generating this… Read More »
If you have used other languages, you will probably be familiar with the idea of passing arguments to a program via the command line. This post shows you how you can do it with java. In this post we’ll use a simple script to also take arguments from the command line. Read more about getting… Read More »
Java is a popular, general-purpose programming language for a range of tasks including web applications, games development and data analysis. Part of the appeal of Java is that it compiles to java byte code which can be run on any machine with the Java runtime environment installed. This means that developers only need to write… Read More »
Premature generalization can happen when we incorrectly widen the scope of a problem, or try to anticipate use cases before they happen. It often comes about when we attempt to make a multi-purpose, or re-usable solutions before fully understanding what is really needed. Premature generalization is a trap we can fall into just about anywhere… Read More »
The R language is a great way to get stuck into data processing and data science. There are plenty of resources out there, here are few guides and resources to help you get started with R. Software carpentry Software Carpentry is a great place to start with a lot of coding and data tutorials. I… Read More »