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DataCamp Has Acquired Optima. And We’re Changing Learning Forever.

Discover how DataCamp’s AI-native experience, powered by its acquisition of Optima, is redefining learning for individuals, teams, and organizations.

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Artificial Intelligence

The Top 12 ChatGPT Alternatives You Can Try in 2026

This article provides a list of ChatGPT alternatives that will boost your productivity.
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Javier Canales Luna

October 31, 2025

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Adel Nehme

November 22, 2024

Artificial Intelligence

Context Engineering: A Guide With Examples

Learn what context engineering is, how it works, what some common context failures are, and how to mitigate them.
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Data Science

A Data Scientist's Guide to Environment Variables

As a data scientist, you might have to configure environment variables for data science projects locally or globally, on a platform. This guide will show you all you need to know!
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Eric Ma

November 9, 2017

Python

Why Scientists Should Use Python for Scientific Computing

Discover the scope of Python for research, why scientists should use Python for scientific computing and how the Python community can effectively aid scientific research.
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Hugo Bowne-Anderson

November 7, 2017

Data Visualization

Spaghetti Plots and Hurricanes' Paths

Discover why (not) to use spaghetti plots to convey the uncertainty of hurricanes' predicted paths and their impact on interpretation.
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Hugo Bowne-Anderson

September 18, 2017

Data Science

What We Learned From Teaching 1M People Data Science

Some insights about what we learned from teaching data science to 1 million people
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Karlijn Willems

May 16, 2017

Python

IPython Or Jupyter?

A discussion of the evolution of and some of the key differences between IPython and Jupyter.
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Karlijn Willems

May 11, 2017

Data Visualization

Intermediate Python for Data Science: Matplotlib

Learn to visualize real data with matplotlib's functions.
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Karlijn Willems

March 17, 2017

R

RDocumentation: Scoring and Ranking

Learn more on how the search results on RDocumentation are generated!
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Ludovic Vannoorenberghe

March 10, 2017

Data Science

Data Scientist vs Data Engineer

The differences between data engineers and data scientists explained: responsibilities, tools, languages, job outlook, salary, etc.
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Karlijn Willems

December 9, 2024

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Data Engineering vs. Data Science Infographic

Check out our newest infographic comparing the roles of a Data Engineer and a Data Scientist
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Jacob Moody

February 13, 2017

R

Jupyter And R Markdown: Notebooks With R

Learn how to install, run and use R with Jupyter Notebook and RStudio's R Notebook, including tips and alternatives
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Karlijn Willems

November 30, 2016