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by FranzFerdiNaN 2671 days ago
An incredibly critical review of McKinneys book can be found here: https://medium.com/dunder-data/python-for-data-analysis-a-cr...
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closed 2670 days ago
Ah thanks for pointing out--I mostly agree with his posts (and his minimally sufficient pandas is a great one!), and it's definitely worth reading. A common quirk with a lot of the python DS books is them being "reference manuals".

(I'm a little concerned with the aggressive way he's come at Wes McKinney in posts and on twitter, considering Wes has given a lot of his time working on open source contributions)

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wodenokoto 2670 days ago
I agree with that review. McKinneys book reads like a reference manual and an old one at that. I don't understand why it is recommended so often.
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