Visual Studio Code is my preferred IDE for python tool development and it provides great out of the box support for debugging tools during development. The VS Code docs provide a solid explanation on how to add the standard launch configurations to your project. Here I will describe the key methods I use to setup … Continue reading Adding VS Code launch configurations with environment variables
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Logging in Python 3
Today I spent a lot of time writing up the logging methodology for a Python tool at work. I thought it would be a good idea to write down what I understand and try to explain what wasn't quite as clear to me immediately. To start with we have decided to stick with the python … Continue reading Logging in Python 3
Playing with data in Pandas
I've had a couple of opportunities recently to perform some basic data manipulation on large datasets that go beyond the capabilities of excel. My work are trying to promote Python usage for all analysts, so when asked to help a colleague summarise a large dataset, as an avid python fan I jumped at the opportunity. … Continue reading Playing with data in Pandas
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