Useful banking/finance Python resources: - https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ofxparse - https://wrdrd.com/docs/consulting/investing#quantopian - Places that have some Python in their stack: - JP Morgan - Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Quantopian - qgrid, zipline, pyfolio, ...
On Thursday, September 15, 2016, Wes Turner <wes.tur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tuesday, September 13, 2016, Mills, Ryan <Ryan.Mills@texascapitalbank. > com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ryan.mi...@texascapitalbank.com');>> > wrote: > >> I just recently downloaded Python 3.5 and cannot seem to install any >> packages like Numpy, etc. I have tried all the instructions on the website >> and keep getting errors: >> >> >> >> For example, when I type “python –m pip install Numpy” it returns a >> Syntax Error. I am completely new to Python so I must be missing something >> here – I haven’t altered any files since installing it the other day. Do I >> use the Python IDLE Shell? Are there other packages I need to install >> first? Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> > > Shell commands can/could/should be clearly indicated with a '$' prefix: > > $ python -m pip install numpy > > Python expressions are sometimes prefixed with '>>>': > > >>> import numpy as np > > TBH, as a beginner, it's probably way easier to start with Anaconda (conda > packages) and pip (python packages) (because there are a number of > libraries required to build numpy and then whatever else): > > - https://docs.continuum.io/anaconda/ > - $ conda install pip; python -m pip install > - $ which python; python -m site > > The software carpentry lessons are a good place to start from: > > - http://software-carpentry.org/lessons/ > - http://swcarpentry.github.io/python-novice-inflammation/ > > Also great resources: > > - http://www.scipy-lectures.org > - https://github.com/jrjohansson/scientific-python-lectures > (IPython/Jupyter nb) > > - https://westurner.org/wiki/awesome-python-testing#python > - https://westurner.org/tools/#python > - http://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/python/ > - http://docs.python.org/2/library/unittest.html > > - https://westurner.org/tools/#numpy > > - IDLE is pretty cool. > - IPython is great. > > - Jupyter Notebook is a reverse shell. > - Spyder ($ conda install spyder) > - [commercial IDE preference] > > > - If you write tests from the start, there's less run/check/run/check > manual testing and more test coverage. > > > >> >> -Ryan >> >> >> >> Ryan Mills >> >> *Quantitative Risk Analyst, Banking Officer* >> >> [image: cid:image001.jpg@01CA3228.EF8AEBA0] >> >> Capital Analytics & Stress Testing >> 2000 McKinney Avenue, Suite 700 >> >> Dallas, TX 75201 >> >> 214.932.6653 direct >> >> 20.6653 internal >> ryan.mi...@texascapitalbank.com >> >> [image: cid:image001.jpg@01CA3228.EF8AEBA0] >> >> [image: TCB_horiz_Log_rgb] >> >> >> >> If you are not the addressee and have received this email in error, >> please notify me immediately. This email is confidential and may contain >> privileged or proprietary information that is unlawful for you to read, >> copy, distribute, disclose or otherwise use in any way. >> >> >> >> >> >
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