Ways to advance Python skill?

Tar.Aldarion · 30-01-2015 10:21AM #1

I mostly program in python for the last couple of years but I feel I'm not improving my skills in it any more with what I have to implement. Any ideas of what I could do to not become complacent? A project or some such, a more advanced book?

L.Jenkins · 30-01-2015 10:34AM

You could contribute to a few git repositories, for example https://github.com/python/cpython

techfort · 30-01-2015 11:19AM

I found dataquest.io to be very educational (sorry link is not clickable because i'm a new user...)

Creamy Goodness · 30-01-2015 11:36AM

Move jobs, :pac:

jmcc · 01-02-2015 07:44AM

Something along the lines of Big Data or Social Media analysis?

Regards...jmcc

ressem · 01-02-2015 04:17PM

A project in some area that you've an interest in, I suppose.

We can throw out a list of topics and see if any catch your imagination, or glance through the table of contents of books.

"OpenCV Computer Vision with Python". Using the CV2 library and learning about Haar cascades for face tracking ( and depth perception if you were foolish enough to get a Kinect dev-kit

).
https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/opencv-computer-vision-python

"Violent Python" Using python to solve varied real world IT problems using modules of python that you may not have yet visited ( like wirelessly intercepting and bringing a Parrot drone to land).
http://www.amazon.com/Violent-Python-Cookbook-Penetration-Engineers/dp/1597499579

"Test-driven development in Python" for the more boring professional structure to your code so the Javaists don't look so sniffily at it. (Web / Django focused)
http://chimera.labs.oreilly.com/books/1234000000754

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