Python in Astronomy 2017
#pyastro17 brought together 54 participants from five continents for a wide-ranging workshop on Python in Astronomy.
NumFOCUS Awards Small Development Grants to Projects
This spring the NumFOCUS Board of Directors awarded targeted small development grants to applicants from or approved by our sponsored and affiliated projects. In the wake of a successful 2016 end-of-year fundraising drive, NumFOCUS wanted to direct the donated funds...
What is it like to chair a PyData conference?
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be in charge of a PyData event? Vincent Warmerdam has collected some thoughts and reflections on his experience chairing this year’s PyData Amsterdam conference: This year I was the chair of PyData Amsterdam and...
NumFOCUS projects participate in Docathon 2017
Seven NumFOCUS sponsored projects participated in Docathon 2017: IPython, Project Jupyter, Julia, Matplotlib, pandas, SunPy, and yt. The Docathon is like a hackathon but is focused on developing material and tools for documentation. Documentation is one of the most...