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Sean FordAugust 1, 2025 0

CI/CD for Python and SAS: Build modern workflows with GitHub Actions

Learn how to modernize legacy SAS workflows by integrating Python and automating processes using GitHub Actions and SAS Viya Workbench, enabling seamless collaboration and CI/CD across development environments.

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David WeikJune 12, 2025 0

SAS Notebooks in VS Code: A developer's guide

A hands-on introduction to SAS Notebooks in SAS Viya Workbench, showing how to combine code, SQL, and Markdown for a more productive and interactive coding experience.

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Machine Learning | Programming Tips

final diagram of the logistic regression pipeline

Emmett SmithMay 23, 2025 0

Python ML pipelines with Scikit-learn: A beginner’s guide

Using SAS Viya Workbench for efficient setup and execution, this beginner-friendly guide shows how Scikit-learn pipelines can streamline machine learning workflows and prevent common errors.

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Lizzie MabeMay 16, 2025 0

Essential VS Code shortcuts every Python developer should know

This guide shares the top keyboard shortcuts to boost productivity in VSCode, especially when using SAS Viya Workbench with Python or SAS notebooks. It includes built-in commands for navigating and editing notebooks, plus instructions for creating custom shortcuts tailored to your coding workflow.

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Cloud | Programming Tips

Sean FordApril 4, 2025 0

Integrate Git repositories via SSH

I’ve worked on many different types of systems, platforms, operating systems, and hardware over the years. For software development, one aspect that has remained fairly consistent is the use of Git. Knowing some of the basic, no-nonsense approaches of working with Git has proven extremely valuable, as these approaches tend

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Data Management | Programming Tips

Stu SztukowskiMarch 14, 2025 2

How to create and manage Python Virtual Environments

Wouldn’t it be great if we could create a Python environment with only the packages and versions we need? Enter: virtual environments.

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Sean FordMarch 7, 2025 7

Install VS Code extensions offline: step-by-step guide

This article provides a step-by-step guide on manually installing VS Code extensions when access to the online marketplace is restricted, including downloading .vsix files from GitHub and handling dependencies.

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Simon ToppFebruary 28, 2025 2

SAS Container Runtime Testbench: A field developed tool for SAS Intelligent Decisioning

SAS' Simon Topp walks you through how to setup SAS Container Runtime Testbench to make operating and debugging your SAS Intelligent Decisioning decisions a breeze

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Analytics | Programming Tips

Melodie RushFebruary 11, 2025 0

Getting Started with Python Integration to SAS Viya for Predictive Modeling - Fitting a Support Vector Machine (SVM) Model

Fitting a Support Vector Machine (SVM) Model - Learn how to fit a support vector machine model and use your model to score new data In Part 6, Part 7, Part 9, Part 10, and Part 11 of this series, we fit a logistic regression, decision tree, random forest, gradient

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Analytics | Programming Tips

Melodie RushJanuary 14, 2025 0

Getting Started with Python Integration to SAS Viya for Predictive Modeling - Fitting a Neural Network Model

Fitting a Neural Network Model - Learn how to fit a neural network model and use your model to score new data In Part 6, Part 7, Part 9, and Part 10 of this series, we fit a logistic regression, decision tree, random forest and gradient boosting model to the

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