Announcement for the upcoming scikit-learn coding sprint in Paris, including dates, location, remote participation details, and planned tasks.
A developer shares a public-domain SVG world map for visualizing country-specific data, created as a static alternative to matplotlib basemap.
Exploring the idea of automatic login via notification emails, discussing the tradeoffs between usability and security.
Lea Verou announces her CSS3 talk at the Front-Trends 2010 conference, covering selectors, gradients, and new features.
A developer advocates for extreme simplicity in software design, sharing rules of thumb for writing maintainable code and avoiding unnecessary complexity.
A web developer shares insights from designing a modern university course on web development, focusing on standards and future-proof skills.
Announcing a two-day coding sprint in Paris focused on scikit-learn's API and development guidelines for machine learning in Python.
Explores the concept of object signatures for defining parameters, focusing on applications in libraries like scikit-learn for model selection and avoiding type checking.
A recap of EuroSciPy 2010, highlighting the growth of the Python in science conference, key topics, and the community atmosphere.
Advice and examples for creating effective scientific conference posters, covering design, layout, software, and LaTeX source code.
A critical analysis of using pure CSS for complex illustrations, arguing it's a misuse of the technology compared to more suitable alternatives like SVG.
Argues for better scientific computing tools, emphasizing readability, reproducibility, and open-source libraries as crucial for research.
EuroScipy 2010 extends abstract submission deadline for its Python scientific computing conference in Paris.
Registration is now open for EuroScipy, a conference on scientific computing with Python, featuring tutorials, talks, and a potential journal publication.
Exploring keyword arguments in Clojure, comparing defnk macro to Common Lisp's implementation and discussing feature limitations.
An update on EuroScipy conference registration, discussing potential free admission, fees, and event highlights.
Sunflower is an alpha-stage tool for automated content extraction from HTML documents using structural analysis and a Swing GUI.
A technical discussion on intentional symbol capture in Clojure macros for GUI development, using a Swing wizard as a case study.
Explains two methods in Mayavi to visualize a surface colored by a separate scalar value, not just elevation.
Exploring advanced CSS counter techniques and demonstrating them with a CSS3 Reversi game UI implementation.
