Python and Windows – Part 2
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Python and Windows – Part 2

A couple of posts ago, I wrote about learning how to run Python outside of the Python software environment which I think is called the IDE. You could also use the Notepad to create Python programs but the IDE environment makes it so much easier to run, test, and see results. I’m using Anaconda’s Jupyter…

Python and Windows

Python and Windows

Finally figured out how to run a Python program as a batch file from Windows. Well, sort of. I’ve been learning about algorithms and as part of that adventure I had to wade into Python programs so I’ve been learning Python as well. The problem stems from the way I downloaded Python as per Algorithms…

Storing Big Data
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Storing Big Data

Woah, the week is getting away from me fast. I thought I had more time than I did. I’m now on Chapter 13 of Algorithms for Dummies by John Paul Mueller and Luca Massaron. This post represents my notes on the book so it is not written in a style to be informative but as…

Notes on Graphs and PageRank
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Notes on Graphs and PageRank

The next chapter (chapter 11) of Algorithms for Dummies is all about web search which predictably means Google. We’re still in the graphs section of the book because you can think of the web as an interconnecting series of nodes and edges/arcs, just like social graphs. The nodes would be the web pages (or maybe…