Thanks Safe. Shame you couldn't make it last night. We had an interesting session where we covered a few basics of the numpy and matplotlib libraries - and we all managed to successfully plot sine waves. A few of us then played with other things - I managed to plot a bifurcation diagram of the activation level of a neuron (but not explain it) by copying some Matlab code I had previously written, and Dave played with inverse Fourier transforms with Robie. Dave also demonstrated Sage with an example of processing done on the server and delivered to a plot in the browser, with interactive value sliders. Impressive stuff!
One thing we all noticed was how well these libraries were documented. Much better than Matlab, and just as good as Python. Also, how easy they are to install on Linux. I think we all found it really pleasant being able to do such powerful computing in simple Python syntax. It makes scientific code readable! We didn't really cover any advanced stuff, we mostly started from scratch. Would people like to revisit this another time? I think I could get some cool stuff done at home now I've got started with it, and have some interesting things to demonstrate next month or in future. Maybe next month, or another time, could be used as a round table to this effect? What do people think? Oh and one other thing - I'm going to give this a try on my Raspberry Pi, it'll be interesting to see how it performs. Cost of Pi + NumPy ~= £30. Cost of PC + Matlab = ??? Speaking of the Raspberry Pi - I ran an event (Manchester Raspberry Jam) at the Madlab a couple of weeks ago. There'll be another one next month. If any of you have a Pi, or are interesting in seeing them in action - do come along! I'll post a link to the list when the date's set. http://numpy.scipy.org/ http://scipy.org/ http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ http://www.sagemath.org/ Ben On Thursday, 21 June 2012 11:00:50 UTC+1, Safe wrote: > > Hi All, > > *"There's nothing you can do in Matlab that you can't do in Python"* ... > tonight, > let's prove it! > > One lucky member of Python Northwest is proud owner of the book "Dynamical > Systems with Applications using ..." [a version for Matlab, Maple and > Mathematica] > http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dynamical-Systems-Applications-using-MATLAB%C2%AE/dp/08 > 17643214. (At least, I hope Ben N has a copy and is coming tonight!). > Using NumPy, SciPy and A.N. Other Python libraries to help us, our > challenge is to take existing Matlab scripts and convert them to Python! > > Meeting details: > > * When: Tonight Thursday 21st June @ 7pm. > > * Where: MadLab, Manchester > - URL: http://madlab.org.uk/ > - Address: 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester, M4 1HN in the Norther > Quarter (just opposite Common Bar/Cafe/Restaurant). > - Map: http://bit.ly/hgTNln > > Best, > > Safe > > > Safe Hammad > http://safehammad.com > @safehammad > -- To post: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] Feeds: http://groups.google.com/group/python-north-west/feeds More options: http://groups.google.com/group/python-north-west
