Review: Data Visualization with Python and JavaScript: Scrape, Clean, Explore & Transform Your Data

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 00:19:00 +0000

Data Visualization with Python and JavaScript: Scrape, Clean, Explore & Transform Your Data by Kyran Dale

While a book about web technologies is undoubtablely going to get out of date (especially when Javascript is involved), I would definitely recommend this book if you want to do some data visualization either as part of your job or for an undergrad, grad, or PhD project. While I would probably use FastAPI rather than Flask, I heard recently that the Javascript library the author uses, D3, is still one of the best in class libraries for this kind of work.

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Programming Update: Aug

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 23:42:58 +0000

August was a programming-filled month for me. It focused entirely on Python and I mostly continued working on established projects. Let’s jump in!

Amortization

I wanted to re-calculate the amortization table for my home loan for the first time in about a year. As a refresher, I created this program (vs using Excel or an online form) because we are not consistent in the amount of extra principal payments we make. For example, if I get a bonus at work, I might throw all of that bonus into the loan payment. So this program takes variable extra payments into account when creating the amortization table.

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Review: Data Visualization with Python and JavaScript: Scrape, Clean, Explore & Transform Your Data

Programming Update: Aug

Amortization