Category: Python

Spark with Jupyter Integration

Walk-through on setting up a quick test lab for PySpark…


Installing New Python Versions on Ubuntu

Quick notes on installing an updated version of Python on Ubuntu……


Fix for Column Names in pypyodbc 1.3.3

I recently ran into an issue in pypyodbc 1.3.3 where column names would be truncated to the first character in the name….


Python, MSSQL, and using a Native Driver

A huge thank you goes out to Andrew, his blog, and his Git here! His scripts were a huge help getting unixODBC and Python 3 talking via the Microsoft ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server – RedHat Linux on Ubuntu 14.04….


OpenSSL on Ubuntu gotcha and fix for Crossbar with GoDaddy Certs

If you are trying to get SSL/WSS working through Crossbar.io and are using a GoDaddy G2 cert, you maybe in for a surprise……


Setup PyPy on Ubuntu with Crossbar.io, No virtualenv…

The key to remember here is that PyPy requires it’s own instance of pip, and apt-get python-pip will only install pip for the CPython version you have installed elsewhere……


Python 3 LDAP/AD with ldap3 not python-ldap

I’ve been searching around for a native Python 3 package that would allow me to do some LDAP queries against a Microsoft Active Directory (AD) controller and I found ldap3 (formally known as python3-ldap but that got confusing with python-ldap which is a Python 2 package by the folks at OpenLDAP)….


Crossbar.io, Autobahn, WAMP, keep it coming!

If you haven’t seen what the folks at Tavendo are up to lately and you are following the growth of the websockets protocol, I encourage you to check out their Crossbar.io project….