Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'python.': 0.02; 'scripts': 0.03; 'scipy': 0.05; 'startup': 0.05; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'mysql,': 0.07; 'socket': 0.07; 'archiving': 0.09; 'matplotlib': 0.09; 'os.path': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'python': 0.11; 'anyway': 0.14; 'hedge': 0.16; 'numpy': 0.16; 'oracle),': 0.16; 'paradigms': 0.16; 'soup': 0.16; 'wrappers': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'aug': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'excel': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'am,': 0.29; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'asked': 0.31; 'libraries': 0.31; 'file': 0.32; 'up.': 0.33; "i'd": 0.34; 'problem': 0.35; 'basic': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'c++': 0.36; '12,': 0.39; 'sure': 0.39; 'how': 0.40; 'course': 0.61; "you're": 0.61; 'our': 0.64; 'fund': 0.65; 'to:addr:gmail.com': 0.65; 'services': 0.66; '100%': 0.77; 'etl,': 0.84; 'shutdown': 0.84; 'received:mail-wi0-x229.google.com': 0.91; 'subject:services': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=sxpB2CinvESQb9W8WA8ZGyNayLK+oSkAJv+sqr1Up20=; b=oQTSQrVxicdSOMoIhbzTKsyCKpW8oozxWGaqOOH1M0oTF1Db1/VDVyDJYLfnUsXygu Fk77U9Yt/dx5KJ1HxcKd6BcO7bl9eljjH+CjfbheHY49T5ZBvHwCAerFnXCGRf9V3TtF uDSPtfMk3KdH+YEq6IZojElQojtYwh0rDUXsBfghuxr4rSLZR4RV6qusfWXD5As/v85J Mre/r0MxDWfWgbWA6r9erTaOvcpZPCgw3f2IsWT2bopTIMQI6RFb80L2ebouCQlpCtiV FrL+nzksvV8/Mc+/8BWGamuJMlP+8cUjvO4JrmsAoXyVQI2L4LrYMIYcLWzWshkkDU9x zteQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.80.71 with SMTP id p7mr195136wjx.21.1407877671882; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 14:07:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 17:07:51 -0400 Subject: Re: Python in financial services From: Larry Martell To: Rustom Mody Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "python-list@python.org" X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 24 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1407877679 news.xs4all.nl 2909 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:34870 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:76150 On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 3:33 AM, Rustom Mody wrote: > Ive been asked to formulate a python course for financial services folk. > > If I actually knew about the subject, I'd have fatter pockets! > Anyway heres some thoughts. What I am missing out? > > [Apart from basic python -- contents typically needs tailoring to the audience] the following: > > - Libraries -- Decimal? > - scripts -- philosophy and infrastructure eg argparse, os.path > - Pandas > - Numpy Scipy (which? how much?) > - ipython + matplotlib + ?? > - Database interfacing > - Excel interfacing (couple of libraries.. which?) > - C(C++?) interfacing paradigms -- ranging from ctypes, cython to classic lo-level I'm not 100% sure what you're looking for. I work for a hedge fund and we make extensive use of python. Everything from soup to nuts: ETL, web scraping, database access (sybase, MySQL, and Oracle), log file archiving and reaping, wrappers for backups, startup and shutdown scripts for our C++ servers, GIUs (with wxpython), socket based communication with C++ servers, just about every problem that comes up.