A collection of useful scripts, tutorials, and other Python-related things

###// Python tips and tutorials

• A collection of not so obvious Python stuff you should know! [IPython nb]

• Python's scope resolution for variable names and the LEGB rule [IPython nb]

• Key differences between Python 2.x and Python 3.x [IPython nb]

• A thorough guide to SQLite database operations in Python [Markdown]

• Unit testing in Python - Why we want to make it a habit [Markdown]

• Installing Scientific Packages for Python3 on MacOS 10.9 Mavericks [Markdown]

• Sorting CSV files using the Python csv module [IPython nb]

###// benchmarks

For more recent benchmarks, please also see my separate
GitHub repository One-Python-benchmark-per-day

• Python benchmarks via timeit [IPython nb]

• Implementing the least squares fit method for linear regression and speeding it up via Cython [IPython nb]

• Benchmarks of different palindrome functions [IPython nb]

###// other

• Creating a table of contents with internal links in IPython Notebooks and Markdown documents [IPython nb]

• Happy Mother's Day [IPython nb]

###// useful scripts and snippets

• Shell script for prepending Python-shebangs to all .py files in a current directory.

• convert 'tab-delimited' to 'comma-separated' CSV files [IPython nb]