Data Representation and Serialization

Description

Overview

We take a look at common formats for saving, reading, and shuffling data around such as Comma Separated Values (CSV), JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), YAML Ain’t Markup Language (YAML), and eXtensible Markup Language (XML). If you want to know more about these data formats as well as how to interact with these different data representation using Python, then we will see you there!

Objectives

Understand how errors can occur in computations because of overflow and truncation.
Master the skill of converting between various radix systems.
Understand the fundamentals of numerical data representation and manipulation in digital computers.

Prerequisites

C knowledge: Data types, variables, constants, and STEM computations.
Target Audience

Beginner Python developers looking to understand different data storage formats.