Overview
- Mode is a data science platform that brings together an SQL editor, a Python and R notebook
- Can perform data visualization, create charts and dashboards and then share your analysis with one click
- The platform is free to use and you also have options to learn SQL and Python
Introduction
Collaboration is key in data science. It's a team game and being able to share your model with your team or clients is imperative in any data science project.. GitHub is one of the most popular collaboration platforms leveraged by data scientists these days, but it can be a bit intimidating to learn for a newcomer.
Mode, a browser-based data science collaboration platform from Mode Analytics, has been designed to work in such a way that it adapts to the way a data scientist thinks. Allows you to connect to almost any type of database, analyze the dataset with the tool of your choice and makes sharing a breeze.
Speaking of databases, Mode has a remarkably diverse set of options that allows you to connect and get your data from anywhere. When you register on the site (what is free, by the way), the first option you will see is a list of databases that you can connect to to import your data. Microsoft Azure SQL, Amazon Redshift, Hive, Oracle, MySQL and SQL Server are just a few of the many options available. Take a look at the following image to see the full list:
When it comes to really getting into data science endeavors, such as cleaning and preparing data, visualization, building your model and validating, Mode offers a variety of languages to do this. SQL is ideal for initial data collection, while R and Python are, of course, the model building tools of choice for most data scientists these days.
The mode also gives you the option to create charts and dashboards in seconds. In addition to the usual popular data visualization libraries like 'ggplot2’ by R and ‘matplotlib’ of python, Mode has its own drag and drop tool that you can use if the encoding is not to your liking.
One of the things that makes Mode unique is that each project you create comes with its own URL.. This makes sharing with your team or a client much easier.. The analysis you perform will remain at the same URL regardless of updates and modifications made over time.
If you are new to data science or do not know a specific language or tool, the platform also offers you many free tutorials to learn. The team has also posted some examples that you can clone so you don't need to compile or start from scratch. And as we mentioned, It's free!
See the video below of the company's exploration mode:
Our opinion on this
Tried Mode and was quite impressed with the overall platform. It is really lightweight as it is a browser based platform and it is quite intuitive. The various database options and switching between tools is obviously a unique selling point for Mode. I especially liked the SQL and Python learning resources.
Recently, they also added support for R last month, so we hope to see you launch a learning platform for this language as well. Let us know in the comments below if you plan to use this amazing tool..
