Full stack Quants meetup
Robert Hardy will present a live coding session in which we code up a basic web application with Python and JavaScript. You do not need to know Python or JavaScript at all, the technical level will be kept as simple as possible. The aim is to demonstrate how all the pieces of web development fit together. All the coding will be published live to GitHub, so you can follow along on your own laptop if you wish, or revisit afterwards. Web applications are almost always built from the same basic blocks: • a backend server connected to a database, • which delivers HTML files to the browser, • with embedded JavaScript to handle user interaction. We will see how to set up a simple server in Python, then gradually add interactivity with JavaScript. Using the SQLite database included in Python's standard library we will store user data and demonstrate the ideas of a RESTful API that serves JSON.
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Full stack Quants meetup
Robert Hardy
Robert Hardy is a full stack quant, with over 12 years of experience in the front office teams of major financial institutions. He has built professional portfolio management systems entirely from open source components. He experienced an epiphany when he was introduced to TDD, pair programming and Agile methods. Robert talks and blogs on topics related to software and mathematics, and with his diploma in painting and ceramics in hand he claims to even have some level of expertise in the Fine Arts.
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SkillsCast
Robert Hardy will present a live coding session in which we code up a basic web application with Python and JavaScript. You do not need to know Python or JavaScript at all, the technical level will be kept as simple as possible. The aim is to demonstrate how all the pieces of web development fit together. All the coding will be published live to GitHub, so you can follow along on your own laptop if you wish, or revisit afterwards. Web applications are almost always built from the same basic blocks: • a backend server connected to a database, • which delivers HTML files to the browser, • with embedded JavaScript to handle user interaction. We will see how to set up a simple server in Python, then gradually add interactivity with JavaScript. Using the SQLite database included in Python's standard library we will store user data and demonstrate the ideas of a RESTful API that serves JSON.
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About the Speaker
Full stack Quants meetup
Robert Hardy
Robert Hardy is a full stack quant, with over 12 years of experience in the front office teams of major financial institutions. He has built professional portfolio management systems entirely from open source components. He experienced an epiphany when he was introduced to TDD, pair programming and Agile methods. Robert talks and blogs on topics related to software and mathematics, and with his diploma in painting and ceramics in hand he claims to even have some level of expertise in the Fine Arts.