Thank you Aisha. I really look forward to contributing significantly to this project ( Wikimedia) Yes, I have used PAWS before and it was far easier for me. Also, are there any areas of the codebase that you will recommend that I start solving issues in, as I get more familiar with this tools?
On Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 5:40 PM Aisha Khatun <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tambe, > > First of all, welcome to Wikimedia. If you are having trouble using > Toolforge you can ask about your specific issue, the good thing about > toolforge is that you can run long jobs (often required when working with > large data) in grid > <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Toolforge/Grid>. Otherwise, you > can consider using PAWS <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/PAWS> which > is a jupyter notebook environment and you can also access various databases > from here as is. > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 10:29 PM Tambe Tabitha <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Greetings, >> My name is Tambe Tabitha Achere and I just got a Bachelor of Engineering >> in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and I am pursuing a career in >> Data Science. I am Cameroonian. >> >> I learnt how to code and Data science using books, videos and online >> tutorials. I code in Python. I know SQL too. >> >> I think contributing to opensource and the exposure it gives me will be a >> good test of my knowledge. However, I tried contributing earlier and I was >> a little confused with how to use toolforge and how to get datasets from >> the dumps into analysis-friendly structures like Pandas Dataframes. >> >> Are there areas of the codebase that needs analytical skills which I can >> contribute to which don't initially require a lot of knowledge about >> mediawiki customized tools? This will give me a softer landing as I start >> to contribute again. >> >> Please let me know if there are any issues or projects you recommend. >> >> Best regards, >> Tambe Tabitha Achere. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Analytics mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics >> > > > -- > Aisha Khatun > website <https://tanny411.github.io/> | github > <https://github.com/tanny411> | linkedin > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanny411/> > _______________________________________________ > Analytics mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics >
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