Learn to code in Python in Excel tonight in NYC

by vj44 on 6/4/2013, 7:42 PM with 11 comments
  • by pudquick on 6/4/2013, 7:55 PM

    For those looking at this, just a head's up - this is YC '12 DataNitro (formerly IronSpread) talking about their product.

    Also, as a side note since I like python, it's definitely not the only way to do python in Excel. With pyWin32, you can register python code as a COM server and call it from Excel in VB. Additionally there's projects like pyxll which, while not the prettiest, are at least free for non-personal use.

    I will say this though - thank you, DataNitro, for having a free tier.

  • by maskedinvader on 6/4/2013, 9:03 PM

    I've attended a talk from one of the co-founders in a python for finance conference, the demos looked really good, only draw back I thought was that if you develop anything using DataNitro, anybody wanting to see the spreadsheet and run your code would need a licensed copy of DataNitro on their machines for it work.

  • by harijay on 6/4/2013, 8:43 PM

    I have been using DataNitro for a while now..and it really makes using Excel a lot more fun knowing there is the power of python behind it

  • by coherentpony on 6/4/2013, 9:27 PM

    Excel? Is this serious?

    Edit: Reasons for downvotes, please? I have said nothing nonconstructive. I am seriously baffled as to why techies are still using Excel rather than an actual database.