Interesting Snippets from 2012-10-10

• Explore Python, machine learning, and the NLTK library

  Machine learning lies at the intersection of IT, mathematics, and natural language and is typically used in big-data applications. This article discusses the Python programming language and its NLTK library, then applies them to a machine learning project.

• Tracking Salesforce’s push toward developers - O'Reilly Radar

  Sauce Labs provides a hosted web testing platform. I’ve used it for some one-off testing jobs, and it is impressive. You can spin up a testing machine in about two minutes from an array of operating systems, mobile devices, and browsers, and then run a test script either in Selenium or WebDriver. The platform can be used for acceptance testing, and Jason Huggins and John Dunham’s emphasis of late has been mobile testing. Huggins supported the testing grid at Google, and he started Selenium while at ThoughtWorks in 2004. By every measure, Sauce Labs is a developer’s company as much as Heroku.

• Probability and Statistics Cookbook | Matthias Vallentin

  The cookbook contains a succinct representation of various topics in probability theory and statistics. It provides a comprehensive reference reduced to the mathematical essence, rather than aiming for elaborate explanations.

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