“venv” in Python 2.7 and how it Simplifies Life
Virtual environments, specifically ‘venv’ which we backported from Python 3.x, are a technology that enables the creation of multiple, lightweight, independent Python environments. Each virtual...
View ArticleInstalling and Managing a Central Python Install with Enthought Canopy v1.1
Author: Jason McCampbell In the last post we talked about virtual environments and how we have back-ported venv from Python 3 and extended it in Canopy 1.1. This post will now walk through how we use...
View ArticleAdvanced Cython Recorded Webinar: Typed Memoryviews
Author: Kurt Smith Typed memoryviews are a new Cython feature for accessing memory buffers, such as NumPy arrays, without any Python overhead. This makes them very useful for manipulating blocks of...
View ArticleExploring NumPy/SciPy with the “House Location” Problem
Author: Aaron Waters I created a Notebook that describes how to examine, illustrate, and solve a geometric mathematical problem called “House Location” using Python mathematical and numeric libraries....
View ArticlePyQL and QuantLib: A Comprehensive Finance Framework
Authors: Kelsey Jordahl, Brett Murphy Earlier this month at the first New York Finance Python User’s Group (NY FPUG) meetup, Kelsey Jordahl talked about how PyQL streamlines the development of...
View ArticleEnthought Tool Suite Release 4.4 (Traits, Chaco, and more)
Authors: The ETS Developers We’re happy to announce the release of multiple major projects, including: Traits 4.4.0 Chaco 4.4.1 TraitsUI 4.4.0 Envisage 4.4.0 Pyface 4.4.0 Codetools 4.2.0 ETS 4.4.1...
View ArticlePython at Inflection Point in HPC
Authors: Kurt Smith, Robert Grant, and Lauren Johnson We attended SuperComputing 2013, held November 17-22 in Denver, and saw huge interest around Python. There were several Python related events,...
View ArticleEnthought Canopy v1.2 is Out: PTVS, Mavericks, and Qt
Author: Jason McCampbell Canopy 1.2 is out! The release of Mac OS “Mavericks” as a free update broke a few features, primarily IPython, so we held the release to try to make sure everything worked....
View ArticlePyXLL: Deploy Python to Excel Easily
PyXLL Solution Home | Download PyXLL | Press Release Today Enthought announced that it is now the worldwide distributor for PyXLL, and we’re excited to offer this key product for deploying Python...
View ArticleImplied Volatility with Python’s Pandas Library AND Python in Excel
Authors: Brett Murphy and Aaron Waters The March 6 New York Quantitative Python User’s Group (NY QPUG) Meetup included presentations by NAG (Numerical Algorithms Group), known for its high quality...
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