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Is she being taught a particular framework in Python, e.g. pandas for doing statistics? When I was teaching programming to non-CS grad students, I chose Python
by danso 7y ago
Is she being taught a particular framework in Python, e.g. pandas for doing statistics? When I was teaching programming to non-CS grad students, I chose Python for being more all-purpose and explicit in its syntax/conventions (the latter being not too important for most novices). But I envied the relative ease of setup for R – basically, download R Studio – and how quickly anyone can turn a dataset into nice-looking viz thanks to ggplot2.
- jerzyt 7y agoBeing taught is not really what's taking place. It's more like here's the task, for example the LSVT dataset from UCI - go and build a classifier. Obviously, pandas is a workhorse, and pytorch is also on the horizon. But, in reality she's learning by Google and skype calls with Dad. I have to say I'm stoked that I'm being able to help my daughter in grad school with homework. So many people tap out in elementary.