These are the slide from the PyData meetup in Zurich. Felix, the creator and maintainer of xlwings, talks about the (ab)use of spreadsheets in the financial industry and show some real world examples of how xlwings is being used at banks, hedge funds and other financial companies.
Code samples: https://github.com/xlwings/xlwings-demo and https://gitlab.com/xlwings/xlwings-workflow
Video: https://youtu.be/PiJzmES1n6Y
19. 2.a The xlwings workflow
• No copy/paste errors! Work
smarter through automation
• Reduce errors by getting rid of
complex formulas
• Make collaboration easy through
proper version control (no emails!)
• Peer review changes
• Spot errors before they bite
• Don’t trust humans!
Run automated tests
• Know which workbook is
the latest one
• Release and deploy your
workbook automatically
1 - Automate
2 – Collaborate 3 - Test
4 - Release
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25. 6. REST API
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Run the xlwings REST API server:
$ xlwings restapi run
Issue a GET request, e.g:
http://127.0.0.1:5000/book/timeseries.xlsx/sheets/0/range