X-Received: by 10.66.159.104 with SMTP id xb8mr6662961pab.38.1447950007223; Thu, 19 Nov 2015 08:20:07 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.50.122.103 with SMTP id lr7mr279201igb.10.1447950007148; Thu, 19 Nov 2015 08:20:07 -0800 (PST) Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.glorb.com!i2no5332947igv.0!news-out.google.com!l1ni2622igd.0!nntp.google.com!i2no5077373igv.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 08:20:06 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2404:e800:ee12:41:1def:98e:ec63:db93; posting-account=V6fVrwoAAAB_KNNhh7gdmvqhYlmrIkSO NNTP-Posting-Host: 2404:e800:ee12:41:1def:98e:ec63:db93 References: <6f4f4d39-d33b-46dd-bda7-afeb2f0dbef4@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Writing a Financial Services App in Python From: Cai Gengyang Injection-Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 16:20:07 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:99069 Sure ... is this : https://www.codecademy.com/learn/python a good place to = learn Python ? Are you wanting to contract with some programmers to create this applicatio= n for you? ---- Eventually I will have to find programming co-founders and = employees to create and iterate the product as user feedback streams in. Bu= t I will write the initial prototype myself because I plan to be the main p= rogrammer / founder , but yes ... eventually I will need 1 or even 2 co-fou= nders and when the platform gains enough users, we will have to hire progra= mmers and sales/ business people. But this will be a tech-heavy company and= all the main founders and employees should be excellent programmers. But f= or the moment, I plan to write the initial prototype myself ...=20 On Friday, November 20, 2015 at 12:00:34 AM UTC+8, Michael Torrie wrote: > On 11/19/2015 04:59 AM, Cai Gengyang wrote: > >=20 > > From YCombinator's new RFS, This is the problem I want to solve as it > > is a severe problem I face myself and something I need. I want to > > write this app in Python as I heard that Python is a great language > > that many programmers use ... How / where do I start ? The problem is > > detailed below : >=20 > I'm afraid you're going to be discouraged. >=20 > Well the first step is you have to learn programming. And you don't > start with such a large problem, I assure you. You start by learning > the language by following the tutorials, writing small programs to > become familiar with programming and the language itself. Then you > become familiar with related things like algorithms and data structures, > and how to use them with and from Python (or any language). Eventually > you add to that graphical user interface development. >=20 > After that then you might be in a position to start thinking about how > to design and build a program that does what you were talking about. >=20 > There honestly are no shortcuts. Python is a great language, and is > easy to learn, but it's not like you can start cranking out full-blown > applications magically. In the hands of experienced programmers, yes > Python is incredibly fast and flexible for cranking out working apps. >=20 > You might try checking out a Python application development framework > that can produce apps that will run on Android and iOS (and Windows and > Linux) called Kivy. I would think mobile should be your target platform > for such an app. >=20 > > >=20 > > This seems to us like something software should help solve. We'd like > > to see teams tackling each of the component issues around saving and > > investing, along with ones tackling the entire package. >=20 > Are you wanting to contract with some programmers to create this > application for you?