📅 2023-03-29 — Session: Implemented JSON export and optimization strategies
🕒 21:30–21:45
🏷️ Labels: Python, JSON, Data Processing, Optimization, Pandas
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal: The session aimed to implement and optimize data manipulation techniques using Python, focusing on exporting data as JSON and improving performance.
Key Activities:
- Developed Python code to group datasets by variable and year, creating nested dictionary structures for JSON export.
- Explored strategies to enhance data writing performance, including efficient file formats and distributed computing.
- Optimized dictionary creation from grouped DataFrames using the
to_dictmethod in Python. - Implemented code to load JSON files into Pandas DataFrames, optimizing memory usage by setting columns as categorical data types.
- Addressed JSON formatting errors, providing guidance on debugging common issues using
json.loads().
Achievements:
- Successfully created and exported nested dictionaries to JSON files.
- Improved data writing efficiency and dictionary creation methods.
- Enhanced JSON data loading into Pandas DataFrames with optimized memory usage.
Pending Tasks:
- Further exploration of distributed computing frameworks for large-scale data processing.