There’s No Wrong Way to Become a Software Engineer: Part 1
Check out part 2 of our “There’s No Wrong Way to Become a Software Engineer” series. Hi! My name is Bianca Henderson, and I’m a software engineer at Anaconda. When people think about developers, most tend to think about computer science graduates or people who are super good at math; as a single mother and […]
8 Levels of Reproducibility: Future-Proofing Your Python Projects
Congratulations! You’ve written a bit of Python code that does something useful. Now what? Will you be able to run that code tomorrow, a year from now, or 10 years from now? If you give it to someone else, will they be able to run it? Can you set it up to run on […]
Anaconda Acquires PythonAnywhere to Increase Python Accessibility and Adoption
At Anaconda, we are always seeking new ways to empower people with data literacy. With that in mind, we built the Anaconda Distribution to include an easy-to-use package and environment manager, packages that contain their cross-language dependencies, installers for all major operating systems and architectures, and a desktop console with direct access to all the […]
A Case for R & R: My Women Who Code CONNECT Recharge 2022 Keynote
This blog post was adapted from Princiya’s keynote presentation at the Women Who Code CONNECT Recharge 2022 event. Princiya is a Leadership Fellow with Women Who Code and an Engineering Manager at Anaconda. When the phone battery drains, what do we do? When the laptop gets overheated, what do we do? We are forced to […]
Getting Started with conda Environments
In this tutorial, we are going to learn about using conda environments and why they are an effective tool for organizing your work when using conda. By the end of the tutorial, you should have a firm grasp of following concepts: Creating, updating and removing conda environments Saving your environments as config files Creating and […]
5 Routes for Going from Zero to Viz in Data Science
Exploration is a big part of my maker journey in visual analytics. When it comes to data, I ask a lot of what, when, where, and how questions. In this post, you’re invited along with me to focus on how to leverage the Anaconda data science platform to build a playground for visualizing data with […]
New Release: Anaconda Distribution Now Supporting M1
The 2022.05 release of Anaconda Distribution features native compiling for Apple M1’s ARM64 architecture (boasting 20% faster compute), Anaconda Navigator 2.1.4, conda 4.12.0, as well as several new and updated packages. 2022.05 is also the last release that will support win32. Link to the latest Anaconda Distribution installer Native M1 Support We are very excited […]
FOSS Fridays at Anaconda
Anaconda is an important part of the Open Source ecosystem. A significant percentage of our team contributes full-time to open-source projects, but it is a passion for most of the organization. What are FOSS Fridays The idea is to take a break from normal teamwork to contribute to any open-source project that we would like […]
New from Anaconda: Python in the Browser
Supporting open source and creating tools that enable people to do more with less are why I joined Anaconda almost eight years ago. Today, at PyCon US 2022, I’m happy to unveil a new project that we’ve been working on here at Anaconda. We have high hopes that this will help Python take a serious […]
PyScript: Python in the Browser
Are you a data scientist or a developer who mostly uses Python? Are you jealous of developers who write Javascript code and build fancy websites in a browser? How nice would it be if we could write websites in Python? Amazingly, at PyCon US 2022, Anaconda’s CEO Peter Wang announced a shiny new technology called […]