{"id":929,"date":"2012-09-23T21:03:45","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T01:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wehuberconsultingllc.com\/wordpress\/?p=929"},"modified":"2012-10-31T10:54:24","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T14:54:24","slug":"playing-with-pythonxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wehuberconsultingllc.com\/wordpress\/2012\/09\/23\/playing-with-pythonxy\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing with Pythonxy"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am not a python developer but occasionally I find a need to do something in Python. Over the years I tried Python and Python plus Eclipse.  About a year ago I tried Pythonxy<\/a> and liked it.  I initially downloaded the package since I wanted to do some statistical analysis using python and this was an easy way to get all of the dependencies. Here are some of features I like and dislike.<\/p>\n

Likes<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Naturally it includes Python and a wide assortment of packages including NumPy<\/a>, SciPy<\/a>, Matplotlib<\/a>, and IPython<\/a>. It is kind of a no brainer to set up a Python environment with a full complement of libraries. <\/li>\n
  2. It includes a nice full featured python IDE, Spyder<\/strong><\/a>.  If you do not like Spyder you can always go back to Scite and IDLE. <\/li>\n
  3. It includes several packages I wanted to play with Eclipse<\/a>, Qt<\/a>,  wxPython<\/a>, and MinGW<\/a> although Eclipse is now an extra package. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Dislikes<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. It is a large download, 477 MB. <\/li>\n
    2. I converted my statistical analysis to R<\/a>  so I have little use for the scientific libraries. <\/li>\n
    3. In some cases you will be working with older packages, such as IPython(0.10.2) and MinGW(4.5) and upgrading these packages breaks other things. In the case of MinGW I installed the newest Msys\/MinGW version over the old installed version(MinGW32-xy) and everything seems to be working. However, upgrading IPython to the latest version breaks the enhanced command consoles for IPython. <\/li>\n
    4. Occasionally I have problems installing Pythonxy at work. Mcafee flags the log2del.exe as a trojan while Security Essentials at home does not. This is annoying since several people have reported Mcafee\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s report as a false positive. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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