In compiled languages, the build script or makefile is pretty important. Java has maven (and gradle and ant) for this job.

Python doesn't really have much for this. Mostly because it's needless.

However.

Some folks like the idea of a build script. I've been asked for suggestions.

First and foremost …

Warning: Long Boring Anecdote: Conclusions will be drawn from a single example.

First, this quote:

"All your suggestions were great if I had wanted to do a systematic study and truly understand. The goal is to understand and learn as little as possible to be able to undertake the code …

Here's the quote:

...it is amazing how Windows is “special.” Back when ..., special things had to be done for Windows. Python continues the tradition w/ an entire section in its doco titled “3. Using Python on Windows”

I wasn't sure what to make of this.

It appeared that they want …

From someone in the process of becoming a data scientist. They had a question on regular expressions, which made almost no sense. It appears that the core concepts of ETL -- Extracting source data, Transforming it into a useful form and the Loading into some persistent storage for long-term analysis -- had …

This is a common issue. We have a file which was printed for human consumption. Consequently, it has many different kinds of lines.

These are the two kinds of lines of interest:

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See https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/modern-python-cookbook This is a large (!) collection of recipes, focused on Python 3, exclusively. It's much easier to write about the version of Python I actually use each day, and leave the old, quirky, slow Python 2 behind. This book doesn't have any "this will …

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You will learn a lot.

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You may learn something from my presentations.

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First. Read this: http://webapplog.com/10-conf-donts/

Some additional thoughts on the don't list.

1. Avoid reading to your audience unless you are a poet, journalist, judge or politician. Poets and journalists are paid to write well and read there words well. Judges and politicians are paid to be ultra precise …