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...
Anyone Can Do Astronomy with Python and Open Data
Ole Moeller-Nilsson, CTO at Pivigo, was kind enough to share his insights on how a beginner can easily get started exploring astronomy using Python. This blog post grew out of a presentation he gave at PyData London meetup on March 7th. Python is a great language for...
NumFOCUS Welcomes SunPy, Our Newest Fiscally Sponsored Project
NumFOCUS is pleased to announce the addition of SunPy to our fiscally sponsored projects. SunPy is a community-developed, free and open-source software library for solar physics based on Python. The aim of the SunPy project is to provide the software tools necessary...
IBM Brings Jupyter and Spark to the Mainframe
NumFOCUS Platinum Sponsor IBM has been doing wonderful work to support one of our fiscally sponsored projects, Project Jupyter. Brian Granger over at the Jupyter Blog has the details… “For the past few years, Project Jupyter has been collaborating with IBM...