Modernize Scientific Computing Stack

This skill provides guidance for migrating legacy Python 2 scientific computing code to modern Python 3 with contemporary libraries and best practices.

When to Use This Skill

Apply this skill when:

• Migrating Python 2 scientific scripts to Python 3
• Updating legacy data processing code using outdated patterns
• Modernizing scripts that use deprecated file handling, string encoding, or numerical libraries
• Converting scripts from csv module to pandas for data analysis
• Replacing os.path with pathlib for path manipulation

Approach

Phase 1: Complete Code Discovery

Before making any changes, ensure complete understanding of the existing codebase: