Data science happens in code. The ability to write reproducible, robust, scaleable code is key to a data science project's success-and is absolutely essential for those working with production code. This practical book bridges the gap between data science and software engineering, clearly explaining how to apply the best practices from software engineering to data science. Examples are provided in Python, drawn from popular packages such as NumPy and pandas. If you want to write better data science code, this guide covers the essential topics you need (and that are often missing from introductory data science or coding classes), including how to: Understand data structures and object-oriented programming Clearly and skillfully document your code Package and share your code Integrate data science code with a larger codebase Write APIs Create secure code Apply best practices to common tasks such as testing, error handling, and logging Work more effectively with software engineers Write more efficient, maintainable, and robust code in Python Put your data science projects into production And more

About the Author
Catherine Nelson is a Principal Data Scientist at SAP Concur, where she explores innovative ways to deliver production machine learning applications which improve a business traveler's experience. Her key focus areas range from ML explainability and model analysis to privacy-preserving ML. She is also co-author of the O'Reilly publication "Building Machine Learning Pipelines", and she is an organizer for Seattle PyLadies, supporting women who code in Python. She has been recognized as a Google Developer Expert in machine learning. In her previous career as a geophysicist she studied ancient volcanoes and explored for oil in Greenland. Catherine has a PhD in geophysics from Durham University and a Masters of Earth Sciences from Oxford University.


Book Information
ISBN 9781098136208
Author Catherine Nelson
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint O'Reilly Media
Publisher O'Reilly Media