I just finished writing my latest book, Algorithmic Trading with Python. When writing the chapter on performance metrics, I was consistently surprised with the simplicity of the pandas code. If you, as a developer, resolve to only work with datetime-indexed pd.Series objects, the resulting code is really clean and easy. Simulating Data For those unfamiliar […]
The Best Language for XYZ: Answered Empirically
One of the biggest jobs of CTOs and Technical Project Managers is to answer: What is the best software stack for building XYZ? On the web… Internet forums like Quora and Stack Overflow are littered with these kinds of questions. This is understandable, because committing to the wrong software stack can be deadly in the […]
Download Historical Stock Data with R and Python
Update #2: Track this Issue Here Updates to this post are more about which API’s are still supported than how to access them with R, Python, or any other language. Follow the hilarious change history of EOD stock data API’s at my other post: https://chrisconlan.com/download-daily-data-every-sp-500-stock-r/. Update: Using Quandl’s API Because everything I write about breaks, […]
Procedurally Generating a Maze in Blender Python
Everyone knows I am a fan of Blender Python. It’s really fun. This post will discuss a brief script for procedurally generating a maze in Blender Python. This may be the boilerplate code for a larger routine that produces massive randomly-generated landscapes. In this brief code, we will run into some fairly advanced concepts in […]
The Best Way to Develop Blender Python Add-ons
When I began developing with Blender Python, I used the text editor that was built in to the Blender GUI. I did this for way too long without realizing how inefficient it was. After talking to a few veteran developers, I learned that the best way to develop Blender Python is outside of Blender. Background […]