{"id":167595,"date":"2023-04-12T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/?p=167595"},"modified":"2023-10-30T18:49:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T17:49:11","slug":"github-what-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/github-what-is-it","title":{"rendered":"GitHub : what is it and how to learn to use it ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"167595\" class=\"elementor elementor-167595\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d84126f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"d84126f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b4c48b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b4c48b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><b>The GitHub platform allows computer programmers to freely collaborate on code projects. Find out everything you need to know about this massively used service in Data Science and Machine Learning, and how to learn to use it.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8565d84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8565d84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-con{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));--align-self:var(--container-widget-align-self,initial);--flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1be44ff e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"1be44ff\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e59f47b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e59f47b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Github?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-774fcc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"774fcc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GitHub is an <\/span><b>open-source hosting service<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, allowing programmers and developers to share the computer code of their projects in order to work on them in a collaborative way. It can be considered as a Cloud dedicated to computer code.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source code of projects is hosted in different programming languages, and the changes made in each iteration are kept in memory. Other GitHub users can <\/span><b>review the code<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>suggest changes<\/b> <b>or improvements<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the main features of GitHub is its version control system. With this feature, other users can modify the <\/span><b>code of a software<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> without directly impacting the software or the experience of current users. Proposed changes can be incorporated into the software, after being reviewed and approved.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another strength is the ability to <\/span><b>integrate GitHub <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with most common platforms and services such as Amazon, Google Cloud or Code Climate. In addition, this service is compatible with the syntax of more than 200 different programming languages.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note that GitHub is not the only website dedicated to <\/span><b>collaborative software development<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through version control. However, it is certainly the most popular. In July 2020, the platform federates more than 45 million users.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The success of this service has attracted the attention of Microsoft. In 2018, the American giant acquired GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dca021 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"7dca021\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=w3jLJU7DT5E&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-video .elementor-widget-container{overflow:hidden;transform:translateZ(0)}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-wrapper{aspect-ratio:var(--video-aspect-ratio)}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-wrapper iframe,.elementor-widget-video .elementor-wrapper video{height:100%;width:100%;display:flex;border:none;background-color:#000}@supports not (aspect-ratio:1\/1){.elementor-widget-video .elementor-wrapper{position:relative;overflow:hidden;height:0;padding-bottom:calc(100% \/ var(--video-aspect-ratio))}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-wrapper iframe,.elementor-widget-video .elementor-wrapper video{position:absolute;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0}}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-open-inline .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay{position:absolute;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0;background-size:cover;background-position:50%}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay{cursor:pointer;text-align:center}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay:hover .elementor-custom-embed-play i{opacity:1}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay img{display:block;width:100%;aspect-ratio:var(--video-aspect-ratio);-o-object-fit:cover;object-fit:cover;-o-object-position:center center;object-position:center center}@supports not (aspect-ratio:1\/1){.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay{position:relative;overflow:hidden;height:0;padding-bottom:calc(100% \/ var(--video-aspect-ratio))}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay img{position:absolute;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0}}.elementor-widget-video .e-hosted-video .elementor-video{-o-object-fit:cover;object-fit:cover}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-video,.e-con>.elementor-widget-video{width:var(--container-widget-width);--flex-grow:var(--container-widget-flex-grow)}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c80b9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1c80b9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85170fa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"85170fa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad1b580 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ad1b580\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How does GitHub work?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fac044a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fac044a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To understand how GitHub works, it is relevant to review three of its main features: <\/span><b>forking, pull requests, and merging<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forking consists in creating a copy of a project. Thus, it is possible to <\/span><b>experiment freely<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on this project without affecting the original.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After making satisfactory changes, you simply submit a pull request. This request is sent to the project owner, who can then <\/span><b>review the changes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> made and ask any questions.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the project owner is satisfied with the <\/span><b>proposed changes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, all that remains is to merge the pull request with the <\/span><b>original code<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The changes will then be made to the original project.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f1e5fa elementor-align-center button-principal elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0f1e5fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/machine-learning-engineer-course\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Start a Machine Learning Engineer training program<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1e47b5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"c1e47b5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d482fec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d482fec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What are its advantages of Github?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aea5d54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aea5d54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GitHub owes its success to the many advantages it offers to developers. Here are its main strengths.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71b807e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"71b807e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A social network for developers<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b0b355 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b0b355\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The success of GitHub is linked to the<\/span><b> many advantages<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it offers to developers. This service can be seen as a social network for programmers, and in fact, represents the largest global community dedicated to coding.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developers can <\/span><b>share their projects<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> publicly and receive not only help, but also a lot of potentially very beneficial exposure.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once a project is shared on GitHub, all programmers and other enthusiasts in this community can evaluate it. The author of the project can thus be warned in case of problems that he would not have noticed alone. The community can even <\/span><b>propose solutions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directly to the author and allow him to save precious time.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6a59b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a6a59b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Complete traceability of modifications<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4029ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4029ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On GitHub, all modifications made to a project are saved in a &#8220;changelog&#8221;. It is therefore easy to know exactly what changes have been made to each new version.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This feature is very useful to <\/span><b>look back<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and identify the changes made by a collaborator. It is possible to go back to the initial creation of the project, to review what changes were made, by whom, and at what date.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e20e93 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"9e20e93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=2m9nUP-e8Co&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdf17e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bdf17e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">An Open-Source platform<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22c9259 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22c9259\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On GitHub, projects are presented as <\/span><b>open-source code<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This allows anyone to view the code and propose changes.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a real strength because Open-Source projects are generally more flexible. Indeed, they can react and adapt more quickly to market demands. Closed-source software, on the other hand, has to convince a target market of its value.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With GitHub, an <\/span><b>entire community of programmers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can work constantly on finding solutions to real-world problems. And these solutions can be offered directly to the public.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b773488 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b773488\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A talent pool<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24fcab0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24fcab0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The GitHub community is so large that it is common for a user to find programmers working on projects similar to his own. It is also possible for a company to meet programmers with complementary skills, experience, or vision.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By joining this community, it is possible to<\/span><b> identify these people<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, work with them, and eventually hire them. It&#8217;s the best place to meet new talent.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e60e7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2e60e7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Smooth and seamless collaboration<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c27ca8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c27ca8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When many people are working on a project <\/span><b>at the same time<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, even though they are in different geographical locations, they are likely to be <\/span><b>uncoordinated<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or overlap with each other. For example, one collaborator may solve a problem in a way that is incompatible with another&#8217;s approach.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With GitHub and its <\/span><b>version control system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, this problem is solved. Collaborators can work together without getting in each other&#8217;s way. Everyone can see and know what everyone else is doing in real-time, and projects can be <\/span><b>optimally managed <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">according to the needs of the business or organization.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b80245 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9b80245\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">GitHub for Data Science and Machine Learning<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05f6018 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05f6018\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Version control is an important concept for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/become-a-data-scientist-in-canada\"><b>Data Scientist profession<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It allows for more efficient teamwork, facilitates collaboration on projects, sharing of work, and helping each other r<\/span><b>epeat similar processes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Even for a loan Data Scientist, this practice allows one to experiment with changes and test them without directly impacting the project.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Data Engineers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/machine-learning-engineer-course\"><b>Machine Learning Engineers<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also use this platform very frequently. It simply allows them to experiment with the production of Machine Learning models before applying them. 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