The   Packaging Working Group   of the   Python Software Foundation   is launching an all-new sponsorship program to sustain and improve Py... (more…)

data structures in Python, Part 1 - Python dictionary. dictionary collections in Python: such as OrderedDict, defaultdict, ChainMap, MappingProxyType... (more…)

There is already a fair number of book about numpy (see Bibliography) and a legitimate question is to wonder if another book is really necessary. As you may have guessed by reading these lines, my personal answer is yes, mostly because I think there's roo...

Read ancient CPython source code, and learn a principle so pithy you can write it on the back of your hand. (more…)

Exponentially-growing next-generation sequencing data requires high-performance tools and algorithms. Nevertheless, the implementation of high-performance computational genomics software is inaccessible to many scientists because it requires extensive kno... (more…)