Data Science Workspace
Describes how I usually set up my conda environment for data analytics.
I used to conduct data analysis, a lot. Nowadays? Not so much. Before I completely stop doing data-related work, it's probably a good idea to consolidate how my usual environment is set up.
You might be also interested in my infrastructure for document-parsing projects. Yes, I do have a Medium blog.
I use
conda to manage my packages, mostly because it's language-agnostic and popular among data scientists. In terms of variants, I prefer miniconda3 over Anaconda. This is because I would be creating virtual environments from scratch for each project anyways, and having a default environment with gigabytes of unused packages sounds like a waste. Here's some packages I generally install to every environment:
conda install jupyterlab # Provides main Web UI.
conda install pandas seaborn tqdm # The data science basics.
conda install requests # For retrieving data from Internet in Python, e.g. occasional web scraping.
conda install mongodb pymongo # When iteratively performing actions on multiple objects, I store temp variables in MongoDB, so as to avoid filling up memory.
Jupyterlab plugins to install:
When iteratively performing actions on multiple objects, I store temporary variables in MongoDB, so as to avoid filling up memory.
Organization. I maintain one instance of MongoDB server for each entity I work for (e.g. WRDS, WWBP, and personal). Within each instance, I use one database for each project and one collection for each type of temporary variable.
Usage. I usually organize code into cells that contain codes in the following form:
collection = db['item']
criteria = {}
N = collection.count_documents(criteria)
cursor = collection.find(criteria)
def work(doc):
# ...
collection = db['itemCleaned190518']
with Pool(processes=40) as p:
with tqdm(total=N, desc='Clean items') as pbar:
for doc in p.imap_unordered(work, cursor):
pbar.update()
collection.insert_one(doc)
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