Veel gestelde vragen over Python. Wie? Wat? Waarvoor?

Waarom Python? Wat kun je ermee? Lees dit artikel om meer over deze unieke taal te leren! Wie heeft python ontwikkeld? Python is in 1991 ontwikkeld door Guido van Rossum. Hij werkte destijds bij het Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam. Het is uitgegroeid tot een wereldwijd project. Tot 2018 is Guido de … Continue reading “Veel gestelde vragen over Python. Wie? Wat? Waarvoor?”

How to get from Bloomberg unique id to ticker

It is possible to get from Bloomberg unique id to ticker without using aBloomberg Terminal. This is convenient, because you might not always have access to one. So, how do you do this? You can use the OpenFIGI API for that. Check out the (heavily simplified) example with Python below. This code example works “as-is”, but you … Continue reading “How to get from Bloomberg unique id to ticker”

Python books to help you level up

Python books can help you level up as a programmer. In this post you can find my recommendations. To get the most out of a book, you should pick one that matches your current level. Therefore the recommendations are split into three categories: beginners, intermediate/advanced and programming in general. Python books for Beginners First, when … Continue reading “Python books to help you level up”

Automation with Python and Zapier, IFTTT, Flow, etc.

Automation with Python becomes a lot of fun when you combine it with services like Zapier, IFTTT, Microsoft Flow and others. You can write small Python scripts that can trigger other actions. Like sending an e-mail or text message to yourself. In this article you can find a brief overview of these services. Automation Services There … Continue reading “Automation with Python and Zapier, IFTTT, Flow, etc.”

Eikon & Python: time series for EURO STOXX 50 index

Are you using the Eikon API and Python? Then it is fairly easy to retrieve time series data for an index and its constituents. For example, you can use the following brief code snippet to download time series data for the Euro Stoxx 50. Conclusion: easy to get index data with Eikon & Python This is … Continue reading “Eikon & Python: time series for EURO STOXX 50 index”

Eikon Data API & Python – A Quickstart

The Eikon API provides simple access to users who require programmatic access to Refinitiv’s data. In this article, I’ll explain the steps to get up and running within a few minutes. Eikon & python play together nicely! You can find the official documentation at https://developers.refinitiv.com/eikon-apis/eikon-data-api. Before you start, make sure you have the following: Python 3.5+ … Continue reading “Eikon Data API & Python – A Quickstart”

Real Time KPI monitoring with Google Cloud & Python

“Create dashboards to monitor KPIs…” This is often my answer to a question I regularly get from business people: what can you do with Python? Let me walk you through a simple example for my own business. This time with Google Cloud. Google Data Studio Let’s start with the end in mind: we want to … Continue reading “Real Time KPI monitoring with Google Cloud & Python”

Snel en gemakkelijk CBS data gebruiken met Python

Heb je interesse in de data van het Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS) en ben je Python gebruiker? Dan zit je gebakken! Het is tegenwoordig namelijk mogelijk om razendsnel je gewenste data op te vragen. In deze blog post leg ik kort uit hoe je dit kunt doen. Let’s go, CBS & Python! Download voordat je … Continue reading “Snel en gemakkelijk CBS data gebruiken met Python”

Pandas Profiling – Turbocharge your Data Analysis

Pandas Profiling is the cool new tool for Data Analysis with Python. In this post, we will analyse the Airbnb data for Amsterdam, kindly provided by Inside Airbnb. If you are running Anaconda, you can install the package with the following command in your command line (Windows) or terminal (MacOS / Linux): conda install -c … Continue reading “Pandas Profiling – Turbocharge your Data Analysis”

Open Data Tutorials: Open Data Sources & Python

Open Data: many organisations are publishing data for the public good. For example, the European Union publishes numbers on economic activity, demographics, greenhouse gas emissions and gender equality. The European Central Bank publishes money supply statistics, interest rates and foreign exchange rates. Likewise, plenty of other institutions do the same. Thus, there is a wealth … Continue reading “Open Data Tutorials: Open Data Sources & Python”