Making Python Fast: Profiling Python Code

Episode #28, published Tue, Oct 6, 2015, recorded Wed, Sep 16, 2015

Is that Python code of yours running a little slow? Are you thinking of rewriting the algorithm or maybe even in another language? Well, before you do, you'll want to listen to what Davis Silverman has to say about speeding up Python code using Profiling.

Links from the show:

Davis on Twitter: @sinistersnare
Profiling Article: blog.thehumangeo.com/2015/07/28/profiling-in-python
HumanGeo on GitHub: github.com/humangeo
HumanGeo Group: thehumangeo.com
PyCharm Profiler:
blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2015/05/pycharm-4-5-eap-build-141-988-introducing-python-profiler
PyCallGraph: pycallgraph.readthedocs.org

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Davis Silverman

Davis Silverman is currently a student at the University of Maryland, working part time at The HumanGeo Group. He writes mostly Python, with an emphasis on performant, pythonic code.

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