Jupyter for Data Science - Softcover

Toomey, Dan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1785880071 ISBN 13: 9781785880070

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

Key Features

• Get the most out of your Jupyter notebook to complete the trickiest of tasks in Data Science
• Learn all the tasks in the data science pipeline—from data acquisition to visualization—and implement them using Jupyter
• Get ahead of the curve by mastering all the applications of Jupyter for data science with this unique and intuitive guide

Book Description

Jupyter Notebook is a web-based environment that enables interactive computing in notebook documents. It allows you to create documents that contain live code, equations, and visualizations. This book is a comprehensive guide to getting started with data science using the popular Jupyter notebook.

If you are familiar with Jupyter notebook and want to learn how to use its capabilities to perform various data science tasks, this is the book for you! From data exploration to visualization, this book will take you through every step of the way in implementing an effective data science pipeline using Jupyter. You will also see how you can utilize Jupyter's features to share your documents and codes with your colleagues. The book also explains how Python 3, R, and Julia can be integrated with Jupyter for various data science tasks.

By the end of this book, you will comfortably leverage the power of Jupyter to perform various tasks in data science successfully.

What you will learn

• Understand why Jupyter notebooks are a perfect fit for your data science tasks
• Perform scientific computing and data analysis tasks with Jupyter
• Interpret and explore different kinds of data visually with charts, histograms, and more
• Extend SQL's capabilities with Jupyter notebooks
• Combine the power of R and Python 3 with Jupyter to create dynamic notebooks
• Create interactive dashboards and dynamic presentations
• Master the best coding practices and deploy your Jupyter notebooks efficiently

About the Author

Dan Toomey has been developing applications for over 20 years. He has worked in a variety of industries and companies of all sizes, in roles from sole contributor to VP/CTO level. For the last 10 years or so, he has been contracting companies in the eastern Massachusetts area under Dan Toomey Software Corp. Dan has also written R for Data Science and Learning Jupyter with Packt Publishing.

Table of Contents

1. Jupyter and Data Science
2. Working with Analytical Data on Jupyter
3. Data Visualization & Prediction
4. Data Mining & SQL queries
5. R with Jupyter
6. Data Wrangling
7. Jupyter Dashboards
8. Statistical Modeling
9. Machine Learning Using Jupyter
10. Optimizing Jupyter Notebooks

About this title

About the Author

Dan Toomey has been developing applications for over 20 years. He has worked in a variety of industries and companies of all sizes, in roles from sole contributor to VP/CTO level. For the last 10 years or so, he has been contracting companies in the eastern Massachusetts area under Dan Toomey Software Corp. Dan has also written R for Data Science and Learning Jupyter with Packt Publishing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1785880071
• ISBN 13: 9781785880070
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 242