Data Crunching by Greg Wilson

Data Crunching by Greg Wilson

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Programmers always need to move data around, to translate it from one format to another, or extract useful information from it. This book shows the best approaches to "crunching" data in several programming languages; all widely-used data formats are covered, including plain text, XML, relational, and binary data.

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Data Crunching by Greg Wilson

Programmers always need to move data around, to translate it from one format to another, or extract useful information from it. This book shows the best approaches to "crunching" data in several programming languages; all widely-used data formats are covered, including plain text, XML, relational, and binary data.

Greg Wilson has 35 years of experience as a programmer and teacher in industry, academia, and non-profit organizations. He has written or edited several books for adults and children, including the 2007 Jolt Award winner Beautiful Code and the multi-volume series The Architecture of Open Source Software, as well as more than 200 scientific papers, book reviews, and opinion pieces for various commercial venues. Greg is best known as the co-founder of Software Carpentry, a non-profit volunteer organization that has taught over 35,000 people on seven continents intense two-day seminars on computing skills for academics since 2010. He is presently a member of the RStudio Education team.

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ISBN 13 9780974514079
ISBN 10 0974514071
Title Data Crunching
Author Greg Wilson
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher The Pragmatic Programmers
Year published 2005-05-10
Number of pages 193
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.