🐍 Matt Harrison

🐍 Matt Harrison

Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area
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  • First Impressions of Fireducks
    Nov 18, 2024

    First Impressions of Fireducks

    TLDR: Linux-only but very fast and compatible with Pandas API.You might not be aware of Fireducks, but you probably…

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  • Is it Possible to Program with Your Hands, Head, and Heart?
    Nov 4, 2016

    Is it Possible to Program with Your Hands, Head, and Heart?

    I ran across this wonderful quote a few days ago: “He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with…

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Volunteer Experience

  • Co-Chair

    Utah Python

    - 5 years 9 months

    Science and Technology

    Help run and organize the Utah Python group. Organizing meetings, presentations, working with sponsors and hosts.

  • President

    Community Council Holbrook Elementary School

    - 3 years 10 months

    Education

    Participated in and ran Community Council for Holbrook Elementary School. Work involved coordinating with principal, teachers and other volunteers, creating agenda for monthly meetings, following up on action items, assisting with fund-raising, oversight of school budget, hires, and technology acquisition.

  • Head Coach

    Soccer Coach

    - 2 years 9 months

    Children

    Focus on the fundamentals and teamwork and you will win.

  • Mountain Bike Coach

    Nica

    - Present 5 years

    Getting my butt kicked while trying to make sure everyone comes down alive.

  • Head Basketball Coach

    Jr. Jazz Basketball

    - 3 months

    Children

Publications

  • Illustrated Guide to Python 3

    MetaSnake

    Illustrated Guide to Learning Python is designed to bring developers and others who are anxious to learn Python up to speed quickly. Not only does it teach the basics of syntax, but it condenses years of experience. You will learn warts, gotchas, best practices and hints that have been gleaned through the years in days. You will hit the ground running and running in the right way.

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  • Tiny ES6 Notebook

    Reference for JavaScript

  • Tiny Python 2.7 Notebook

    Reference for Python 2.7

  • Tiny Python 3.6 Notebook

    Metasnake

    Warning, this is not an introduction to Python. Rather it is a notebook containing curated examples for Python 3 as well as the new features found in Python 3.6. It is designed to accompany technical training or aid those who want a quick refresher to the Python syntax. It provides examples for: REPL Types Unicode String Formatting Functions Classes Looping Exceptions Decorators Class Decorators Metaclasses Generators Coroutines Comprehensions Context Managers Type Annotations and more

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  • Learning the Pandas Library

    Python is one of the top 3 tools that Data Scientists use. One of
    the tools in their arsenal is the Pandas library. This tool is popular
    because it gives you so much functionality out of the box. In addition,
    you can use all the power of Python to make the hard stuff easy!

    Learning the Pandas Library is designed to bring developers and
    aspiring data scientists who are anxious to learn Pandas up to
    speed quickly. It starts with the fundamentals of the data structures.…

    Python is one of the top 3 tools that Data Scientists use. One of
    the tools in their arsenal is the Pandas library. This tool is popular
    because it gives you so much functionality out of the box. In addition,
    you can use all the power of Python to make the hard stuff easy!

    Learning the Pandas Library is designed to bring developers and
    aspiring data scientists who are anxious to learn Pandas up to
    speed quickly. It starts with the fundamentals of the data structures.
    Then, it covers the essential functionality. It includes many examples,
    graphics, code samples, and plots from real world examples.

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  • Introduction to Pandas for Developers

    O'Reilly Media

    Understand the Basic Workflows and Gotchas of Crawling, Munging and Plotting Data

    In this Introduction to Pandas for Developers training course, expert author Matt Harrison will teach you how to load data in Pandas data structures. This course is designed for users that are already familiar with Python.

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  • Pythonic Parsing Programs

    Linux Journal

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  • Ebook Formatting: KF8, Mobi & EPUB

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  • Treading on Python: Volume 1

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  • Treading on Python: Volume 2

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Projects

  • Complexity in LMS Course Design

    One of the ways to make meaningful comparisons between large numbers of course web sites within an LMS is by evaluating the depth of feature usage and the complexity of navigation designs.

    This infographic highlights findings from our initial analysis looking at Canvas LMS data using a combination of techniques.

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Honors & Awards

  • Finalist Start Madness Business Competition

    Beehive Startups

Languages

  • Spanish

    Professional working proficiency

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