There’s No Wrong Way to Become a Software Engineer: Part 2
Check out part 1 of our “There’s No Wrong Way to Become a Software Engineer” series. So you or someone you know is interested in becoming a software engineer or pursuing one of the many adjacent careers (e.g., data scientist, system administrator, tech support, etc.). Well, here’s the not-so-secret secret: There is no wrong way […]
Open-Source Tools for Graph Data Science
This could be you! Click here to submit an abstract for our Maker Blog Series. In this day and age, we use and are exposed to a vast amount of data. Most of this data is connected and features implicit or explicit relationships, and in such cases we can rely on relational databases for organization. […]
10 Years of Data Science Innovation: Anaconda’s Commitment to the Open-Source Python Community
For the last decade, Anaconda has helped define the guard rails and infrastructure of Python programming to empower a new generation of data science professionals and enthusiasts. Over the years, we’ve watched as the open-source Python community has burgeoned into a thriving network of creators, contributors, and dedicated maintainers. Because of the human ecology that […]
Grayskull – The Community-Developed conda Recipe Generator
This is part one of a two blog series. In this blog I talk about software packaging and conda. Head to part two to read about my work and experience during my internship at Anaconda. Once again attempts were made to, once again, clarify that conda is not Anaconda’s nickname. This time through tweets and […]
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 […]
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 […]