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• How to Change Strings in Python

  

  By adfm : 26 May 2010 - 10:35 AM

  In Python, a string is an immutable sequence. In this excerpt from Mark Lutz's Learning Python you'll learn how to change strings using concatenation and slicing. You'll also be introduced to Python...

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  • Python
  • strings
  • immutable
  • formatting

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• How to use the Google Suggest API to come up with topics for Answers

  

  By odewahn1 : 24 May 2010 - 12:01 PM

  Google has a nice little RESTful API that powers the auto-suggest function: https://blogoscoped.c...-08-17-n22.html The API returns the top 10 suggestions for the given query, plus the number of time...

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  • j4f
  • python
  • justforfun

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• What kind of Django book would you like to see from O'Reilly?

  Asked by juliesteele : 13 April 2010 - 01:17 PM

  

  Answered by macbraughton : May 01 2010 07:06 AM
  I'd like to see more about using Django to build webapps with the Google App Engine. full answer >

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  • Python
  • Django
  • books

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• Building a UTF8 (Unicode) Sanitizer for Python

  Asked by brian.mcconnell : 06 April 2010 - 02:11 PM

  

  Answered by hlian : May 25 2010 06:07 AM
  I would first run the bytes through Mark Pilgrim's Universal Encoding Detector, which should allow you to detect the common encodings you mentioned without any fuss. It even spits out scores for e... full answer >

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  • set
  • character
  • encoding
  • utf8
  • unicode
  • python

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• How to Configure Python

  

  By adfm : 26 March 2010 - 12:11 PM

  Every so often you'll need to configure a Python installation. It's a good idea to know where things are and how to point to them if you have to. In this excerpt from Learning Python by Mark Lutz you'...

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  • options
  • variables
  • PYTHONPATH
  • PATH
  • cli
  • configuration
  • Python

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• An Introduction to Genetic Algorithms in Python

  

  By adfm : 17 March 2010 - 10:40 AM

  Do you have a problem that could be solved by iterative optimization? With this excerpt from Programming Collective Intelligence, Toby Segaran explores the use of genetic algorithms to solve such prob...

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  • simulation
  • genetic algorithms
  • nds
  • new data science
  • collective intelligence
  • optimization
  • python

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• Open source tools for mid-sized websites?

  Asked by DaveEveritt : 20 February 2010 - 02:41 AM

  

  Answered by adfm : Mar 10 2010 12:05 PM
  Deployment and maintenance can be a major time suck. It seems like you already have a good idea of what's out there, but are looking for a path to the next level. I would suggest finding a decent ... full answer >

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  • web
  • frameworks
  • static
  • dynamic
  • django
  • web.py
  • camping
  • sinatra
  • sass
  • html
  • php
  • ruby
  • python
  • perl

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• How to use an NLTK part-of-speech tagger

  

  By adfm : 17 February 2010 - 02:05 PM

  Tagging follows tokenization in the typical natural language processing pipeline. In this excerpt from Natural Language Processing with Python the authors introduce a part-of-speech tagger. The exampl...

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  • tag
  • python
  • natural language toolkit
  • nlp
  • nltk

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• How to build a simple web crawler

  

  By adfm : 16 February 2010 - 12:34 PM

  If you're creating a search engine you'll need a way to collect documents. In this excerpt from Tony Segaran's Programming Collective Intelligence the author shows you how to set up a simple web crawl...

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  • nds
  • automation
  • robot
  • spidering
  • collective intelligence
  • search
  • python

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• How to Find Similar Users with Python

  

  By adfm : 08 February 2010 - 06:00 PM

  Collaborative filtering techniques enable online retailers to recommend products, services, and media for the majority of commercial websites you visit daily. When you purchase something at Amazon....

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  • collective intelligence
  • python
  • collaborative filtering
  • big data
  • new data science
  • nds

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