Unlock the power of Polars a Python package for transforming analyzing and visualizing data.
In this hands-on guide Jeroen Janssens and Thijs Nieuwdorp walk you through every feature of
Polars showing you how to use it for real-world tasks like data wrangling exploratory data
analysis building pipelines and more. Whether you're a seasoned data professional or new to
data science you'll quickly master Polars' expressive API and its underlying concepts. You
don't need to have experience with pandas but if you do this book will help you make a
seamless transition. The many practical examples and real-world datasets are available on
GitHub so you can easily follow along. Process data from CSV Parquet spreadsheets databases
and the cloud Get a solid understanding of Expressions the building blocks of every query
Handle complex data types including text time and nested structures Use both eager and lazy
APIs and know when to use each Visualize your data with Altair hvPlot plotnine and Great
Tables Extend Polars with your own Python functions and Rust plugins Leverage GPU acceleration
to boost performance even further
