9. Programming for Speed

• Optimisation

• Profiling

• Scaling laws

• NumPy

• Cython

Contents

• 9.0 Performance Programming (10 minutes)

• 9.1 Optimising Mandelbrot (15 minutes)

• 9.2 Optimising with NumPy (30 minutes)

• 9.3 Optimising with Cython (25 minutes)

• 9.4 Optimising with Numba (20 minutes)

• 9.5 Performance Scaling for Containers and Algorithms (20 minutes)

Total time: 2 hrs

Exercises

• 9.6 Classroom Exercises

• 9.7 Solutions to Classroom Exercises

Self Study

• 9.8 Self Study