Python Polars: the Definitive Guide is out

After almost two years of writing, Python Polars: the Definitive Guide is out. Jeroen Janssens and I started working on it in the summer of 2023, and it is now available from O’Reilly. Why we wrote it Polars was growing fast. The community was active, the library was improving quickly, and more and more teams were asking whether they should switch from Pandas. But there was no comprehensive resource that covered the full API, explained the design philosophy, and showed how to apply it to real problems. ...

February 1, 2025 · 2 min · Thijs Nieuwdorp

We are writing Python Polars: the Definitive Guide

Together with Jeroen Janssens, I am working on Python Polars: the Definitive Guide, an O’Reilly book for Python practitioners who want to learn Polars. You can follow the progress on polarsguide.com. The LinkedIn announcement is here.

June 6, 2023 · 1 min · Thijs Nieuwdorp