Polars vs Pandas: A Head-to-Head Comparison
2025-01-23
This book provides a detailed comparison of the Polars and Pandas data manipulation libraries, arguing that Polars offers a more intuitive and efficient approach. Through numerous examples, it showcases Polars' advantages across indexing, method chaining, performance, data reshaping, time series, and scalability. Polars consistently outperforms Pandas in speed and readability. The book is aimed at readers with some experience in data manipulation, particularly those familiar with Pandas.
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