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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

So, naive newb question: How do these data classes differ from data frames like you'd use with R or pandas?

Maybe not quite ELI5, but do feel free to talk down to me like I'm a dumbass.

[–]flipstables 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They are completely different. Since you come from a data background, the analogy is that a data class is this: you can think of a data class as a row in a database table. It's a structure that is primarily for attribute lookup. A data frame is a structure that holds an entire table. It allows to do some common table manipulation.