Episode 113 - Full Stack Web Apps Using Only Python with Meredydd Luff
Programming Throwdown
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In this episode, we’re excited to have Meredydd Luff, the founder of Anvil. Anvil is a powerful tool that allows you to build full stack web apps with just Python. Without the need to be fluent in Javascript or other languages, Anvil is easy enough for beginners, but robust enough for professional work. We talk to Meredydd about Anvil and its features, as well as delve into the importance of making programming more accessible to more people.
This episode touches on the following key topics and ideas:
00:00:17 Jason introduces Meredydd and Anvil 00:01:06 What is Anvil?00:09:27 Web hydration00:11:00 Jupyter Notebook00:12:49 The Uplink00:14:02 GraphQL00:23:06 How Anvil works00:24:19 Skulpt00:28:09 Brython00:29:04 Pyodide00:32:46 Javascript daisy chaining00:37:11 GRPC and protocol buffers 00:39:03 “Anvil is an abstraction.”00:40:09 Escape hatches00:43:10 Anvil and Webpack00:44:35 “Learn Python and build a website.”00:45:02 Accessibility00:47:16 Meredydd’s personal background, and Anvil’s beginnings00:52:56 Putting your work out there00:56:01 Logging and capturing what people want01:01:06 Ad: ConfigCat01:03:04 Anvil’s parent company, The Tuesday Project Ltd. 01:05:22 Meredydd’s take on venture capitalism on developer tools01:08:42 Working in Anvil01:17:02 Contact details for Meredydd and Anvil
Resources mentioned in this episode:
ToolsAnvil https://anvil.works/Python https://www.python.org/Jupyter Notebook https://jupyter.org/GraphQL https://graphql.org/Skulpt https://skulpt.org/Brython https://brython.info/Transcrypt https://www.transcrypt.org/Pyodide https://pyodide.org/en/stable/
VideosMeredydd’s Lightning Talk in PyCon 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHUw3N15v38Turning a Jupyter Notebook into a Web App with Anvil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh0B4HjQxOU
PodcastStories from the Workshop, Anvil’s podcast https://anvil.works/podcast
Catch Meredydd on Twitter @meredydd
Anvil’s features are offered completely free for teachers and educators. Send Meredydd an inquiry through email at [email protected].
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