sparx 0.0.2

Sparx is a simplified data munging, wrangling and preparation library

Sparx is a Python module for data preprocessing and wrangling built on top of Pandas, Numpy, SciPy, Scikit-Learn and distributed under the 1-Clause BSD license.

The project was started in 2017 by Bastin Robins, Vandana Bhagat, Pallavi Murthy as a CleverInsight Hack Challenge, and since then many volunteers have contributed. See the AUTHORS.rst file for a complete list of contributors.

It is currently maintained by a team of volunteers.

Website: http://sparx.readthedocs.org

Installation

Dependencies

sparx requires:

• Python-dateutil (>=2.6.0)

• Geopy (<=1.11.0)

• Pandas (>=0.19.2)

• NumPy (>=1.13.1)

• Blaze (>=0.10.1)

• SciPy (>=0.18.1)

• Scikit-Learn (>=0.18.1)

User installation

If you already have a working installation of pandas, numpy,geopy, python_dateutil, scikit-learn and scipy, the easiest way to install scikit-learn is using pip

pip install -U sparx

Development

We welcome new contributors of all experience levels. The sparx community goals are to be helpful, welcoming, and effective.

Important links

• Official source code repo: https://gitlab.com/cleverinsight-community/sparx

• Download releases: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/sparx

• Issue tracker: https://gitlab.com/cleverinsight-community/sparx/issues

Source code

You can check the latest sources with the command:

git clone https://gitlab.com/cleverinsight-community/sparx.git

Setting up a development environment

Quick tutorial on how to go about setting up your environment to contribute to sparx: http://sparx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing.html

Testing

After installation, you can launch the test suite from outside the source directory (you will need to have the pytest package installed):

python -m pytest -v

Submitting a Pull Request

Before opening a Pull Request, have a look at the full Contributing page to make sure your code complies with our guidelines: http://sparx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing.html

Project History

The project was started in 2017 by Bastin Robins, Vandana Bhagat, Pallavi Murthi as a CleverInsight Hack Challenge, and since then many volunteers have contributed. See the AUTHORS.rst file for a complete list of contributors.

Help and Support

Documentation

• HTML documentation (stable release): http://sparx.readthedocs.io

• HTML documentation (development version): http://sparx.readthedocs.io/dev

• FAQ: http://sparx.readthedocs.io

Communication

• IRC channel: #sparx at webchat.freenode.net

• Website: http://sparx.cleverinsight.co