Topics in Python and Coding

One of my favorite Python resources is the talk python to me podcast. I get to catch up on relevant topics while I’m on the road or working on other projects.

Data queries

• Fetch FRED data via fredapi
• Fetch Quandl data

Troubleshooting Code - timing, profiling and tracing

• Timing your code
• How to profile your code
• Troubleshoot using pdb
• Further troubleshooting notes
• Logging results for better code

Other topics

• Virtual environments
• Vectorized code for performance improvements
• Use Cython to speed up your code
• Considerations for writing code and packages
• Sched - A cross platform Cron alternative
• Different ways to import resources
• statsmodels dev notebooks