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Why Data First Development Rapidly Fills Application Whitespace(forbes.com)
2 points by vj44 13y ago|0 comments
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by vj44 13y ago
Congrats guys! Are you planning to come to NYC this year?
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Python in Excel [video](vimeo.com)
13 points by vj44 13y ago|2 comments
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Learn to code in Python in Excel tonight in NYC(meetup.com)
21 points by vj44 13y ago|11 comments
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by vj44 13y ago
Yes, DataNitro only works with Windows versions of MS Excel. Maybe a VM/Parallels with Windows + Excel would work for you?
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by vj44 13y ago
Great work Ron!
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by vj44 14y ago
Great post, and a very sad story (with a happy ending). Unfortunately, US (and others) universities applied similar policies (probably, more subtly though) up to 1970: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerus_clausus#Numerus_clausus...
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by vj44 14y ago
Looking forward to meet you guys in nyc!
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by vj44 14y ago
That's exactly what DataNitro offers - the entire Excel api in (C)Python. Oh, and it's free for non-commercial use (educational etc.)
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by vj44 14y ago
The problem with ironpython is that it's not always compatible with all python libraries (esp. those based on C extensions; ie. heavy, scientific libraries similar to scipy); Using regular CPython immediately solves this problem. Also, the
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by vj44 14y ago
This is extremely unfortunate - I can see the way the C++ committee argued about this issue (ie. having consistent "erase" interface across different data structures), but it's bound to backfire for many unaware. Especially in a hash table,
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Michael Moritz on immigration reform(sequoiacapital.tumblr.com)
119 points by vj44 14y ago|127 comments
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by vj44 14y ago
great job segment.io team!
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by vj44 14y ago
Great job submittable - awesome team & great execution!
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by vj44 14y ago
As always, great job smartasset!
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by vj44 14y ago
that's cool.
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Coding is Dead. Long Live the Coders(blog.openviewpartners.com)
21 points by vj44 14y ago|18 comments
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by vj44 14y ago
Thanks hkmurakami! - founder.
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by vj44 14y ago
Or you can do the same right from MS Excel (in Python) using DataNitro: http://mit.edu/~victorj/www/blog/2012/08/06/Twitter-reader-i...
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DataNitro (YC S12) launches Python for Microsoft Excel(techcrunch.com)
70 points by vj44 14y ago|28 comments
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Productivity tool - Twitter in Excel(mit.edu)
62 points by vj44 14y ago|18 comments
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Human body on a chip - pharmaceutical testing(web.mit.edu)
7 points by vj44 14y ago|0 comments
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by vj44 14y ago
Unfortunately with activestate you can't run python from within excel, you've got to somehow run the script at the "outside" (be it shell, some other program etc.)
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by vj44 14y ago
Let me tell you what's wrong with PowerShell - I've been using it for a while (yes, it's much more useful than the regular cmd), BUT it has multiple inconsistencies with the regular windows shell, in particular when it comes to file paths a
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by vj44 14y ago
http://ironspread.com can update Excel in real time as well - that's what I'm working on for my next blog post, which will be available sometime next week.
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Server statistics in Excel with Python(mit.edu)
44 points by vj44 14y ago|22 comments
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by vj44 14y ago
I would like to see some live data integration into Excel, like pulling server logs into visual graphs in Excel. It shouldn't be too hard with the plugin from http://www.ironspread.com and python, right?
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by vj44 14y ago
A free non-commercial version will remain available, fear not!
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by vj44 14y ago
Great job scoutzie!
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by vj44 14y ago
You can script Excel with Python using IronSpread, you can get it from http://www.ironspread.com . It's free and it's super easy to import/export data.

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