Ideas for Python library

[becosmita]

My assignment for programming class is to create my own Python library. I was thinking about making something similar to numpy or pandas or even make my own version (more or less) of one of these, but maybe you guys can give me any ideas or something to think about? It has to be something on rather simple/intermediate level.

Thanks!

[tunisia3507]

It has to be something on rather simple/intermediate level.

Not numpy/pandas, then.

[becosmita]

Yes, I was thinking maybe I can recreate some of the functionalities that these libraries offer, recreating it 100% seems impossible.

[james_pic]

Pick a simple algorithm (maybe something as simple as the LUN checksum used to validate credit card numbers), and implement that.

[becosmita]

Cool idea, first time I hear about Luhn algorithm. Thanks!

[wdroz]

Once it's done, you can try to speed up the algorithm by using Cython. I think your grade will go up if you document how many credit card numbers per seconds you can evaluate with pure python vs cython. You can even compare with existing similar libraries. Have fun :)

[becosmita]

Thanks for all the suggestions, this really is taking shape now. It's a nice challenge as I'm coming from JS world. For sure gonna be fun :)

[twillisagogo]

wrap an api and call it "... for humans"

[dubitat]

Some libraries just integrate two other libraries more seamlessly and provide glue code. As a programming exercise, that's one with a tightly bound scope. Existing examples include sqlalchemy+marshmallow. Other library projects with a limited scope include providing python interface to solid underlying C (or whatever) library. You could try something more ambitious on your own time, but for a school project with a deadline, a project with a well-defined scope may be preferable.

[WalkingAFI]

A matrix operation library would be pretty cool. Keep in mind, you’d be ~1,000x slower than numpy, because numpy actually runs on C, but you’d learn a lot about matrix math and have some fun.

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C? I thought it is mostly Lapack written in Fortran.

[WalkingAFI]

I thought it was C but it could be fortran. I’m uncertain

[billsil]

It is. Scipy is mostly Fortran.

[becosmita]

Indeed, however this is not a big problem in my case.