My Jupyter (tmpnb) server and Thebe

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%matplotlib inline
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from IPython.html.widgets import interact

def plot_sine(frequency=1.0, amplitude=1.0):
    plt.ylim(-1.0, 1.0)
    x = np.linspace(0, 10, 1000)
    plt.plot(x, amplitude …

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Writing a programming book? Don't compose an utility library!

I came across two books recently, in which the authors decided to write an utility library. The first book was Python in Practice, by Mark Summerfield (my opinion about the book can be found here), and the second, which I'm still reading, is Doing Bayesian Data Analysis, Second Edition, by …

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Python readings

I usually learn anything new by reading books. In fact, I got almost all of my python knowledge (which is not a lot, I'm just an apprentice programmer) by reading python books. A year ago I've started to learn web development from Udi Oron in Hackita (my impressions here), and …

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Web Audio API - some thoughts and experiments

For me, being able to use advance audio programming on the web looks like a dream just a couple of weeks ago, and I'm not the only one for sure. Doing audio programming, I've mainly experienced with Max/MSP and Pd but my interest in shared music creation / consumption and …

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