2011-11-19
Blog: Installing scientific Python on Ubuntu
Adam Klien wrote a detailed description of setting up a cutting-edge scientific Python environment on a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10. This shows all the steps and mostly installs the latest releases or dev versions from source. It also demonstrates the great idea of using virtualenv to "isolate the Python distro from the carnage" in case something goes wrong or you change your mind.
2011-02-28
Resource: Windows binaries
Description: Windows Binaries for Python Extension Packages
Homepage URL: http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/
This page provides downloads of 32- and 64-bit Windows binaries of many open-source extension packages for the CPython implementation of the Python programming language.
The files are unofficial (meaning: informal, unrecognized, personal, unsupported) and made available for testing and evaluation purposes only. Consider using the Python(x,y), ActiveState, or Enthought distributions ...
2010-10-13
Resource: Primer on Python for astronomy
Description: A collection of python resources for astronomy
Homepage URL: http://oneau.wordpress.com/2010/10/02/python-for-astronomy/
Astropython.org contributor Prasanth has put together a resource list by topic that presents a current view of what is available for astronomers using Python in scientific data analysis. This posting echoes the original blog post content referenced above.
Table of contents
- Basic requirements
- A selection of libraries
- Other interesting ...
2010-07-08
Resource: pyAstroLib
Description: Suite of modules built with a goal of converting the NASA IDL Astronomy Library into Python
Homepage URL: SourceForge Home
Version: alpha
The goal of this project is the implementation of the functionality found in NASA's IDL Astronomy Library into the Python language. This project is at an early stage of development; most of its documentation can be found at its SourceForge wiki.
pyAstroLib is built ...
2010-06-10
Resource: astropysics
Description: Astrophysics utilities for python
Homepage URL: http://packages.python.org/Astropysics/
Development: lp:astropysics
"Astropysics is a library containing a variety of utilities and algorithms for reducing, analyzing, and visualizing astronomical data."
This package is in the early development stages and aims to replicate the capabilities and utility provided by the broad IDL-astro library. It currently has a few GUI applications, include a spectrum plotter, and these ...
