DevOpsPorto Meetup19: Python as a tool for experimenting by Leonid Kholkine

Talk delivered by Leonid Kholkine

Transcript

1. >> from idea import reality
   Leon
   Head of Engineering @ Tonic App
   

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2. Who am I?
   >> Believe that we are still at 0.01% potential of technology
   >> A lazy type of engineer
   >> Love photography
   >> Ran a marathon
   >> I code stuff @ tonic app
   

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3. What are we talking about today?
   1. “I have an idea for a product, what do I do?”
   2. “Cool! But I don’t think that exact idea works :(“
   3. “OMG! That’s the one! What’s next?“
   

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4. “Tonic App aggregates your most useful
   medical tools and has a secure case
   discussion platform. “
   

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5. ” You know what could be great? It’s that if I could
   have all the medical calculators in a mobile app!
   ”
   - A Medical Doctor
   

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6. 1. “I have an idea for a product, what do I do?”
   

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7. >> MVP
   

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8. MV - Whut?!
   Minimum Viable Product
   “Version of a new product which allows a team to collect the maximum amount
   of validated learning about customers with the least effort” -- Lean Startup
   

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10. ” You know what could be great? It’s that if I could
    have all the medical calculators in a mobile app!
    ”
    - A Medical Doctor
    

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11. MV - Whut?!
    >> Three simple calculators
    >> Simplest mobile design we could think
    >> Log user actions
    

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12. MV - Whut?!
    >> Three simple calculators
    >> Simplest mobile design we could think
    >> Log user actions
    … One week & engineer later ...
    

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14. Lesson Learned
    >> Due to the nature of python, you can write code faster;
    

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15. public class Employee
    {
    private String myEmployeeName;
    private int myTaxDeductions = 1;
    private String myMaritalStatus = "single";
    //--------- constructor #1 -------------
    public Employee(String EmployeName)
    {
    this(employeeName, 1);
    }
    //--------- constructor #2 -------------
    public Employee(String EmployeName, int taxDeductions)
    {
    this(employeeName, taxDeductions, "single");
    }
    //--------- constructor #3 -------------
    public Employee(String EmployeName,
    int taxDeductions,
    String maritalStatus)
    {
    this.employeeName = employeeName;
    this.taxDeductions = taxDeductions;
    this.maritalStatus = maritalStatus;
    }
    ...
    class Employee():
    def __init__(self,
    employeeName
    , taxDeductions=1
    , maritalStatus="single"
    ):
    self.employeeName = employeeName
    self.taxDeductions = taxDeductions
    self.maritalStatus = maritalStatus
    ...
    

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16. Lesson Learned
    >> Due to the nature of python, you can write code faster;
    >> The learning curve is not that big for someone with software engineering
    experience;
    

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17. 2. “Cool! But I don’t think that exact idea works :(”
    

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19. “Python is the swiss army knife of
    programming languages”
    

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20. 3. “OMG! That’s one! What’s next?”
    

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21. What’s next?
    >> Develop further your idea!
    >> Hire software engineers
    >> Ramp-up the engineers into your project
    

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22. What’s next?
    >> Develop further your idea!
    >> Hire software engineers
    >> Ramp-up the engineers into your project
    >> Python is easy to learn (bigger pool of talent)
    >> Python is easy to read (faster ramp-up)
    

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23. Medical Calculators @ Tonic App
    >> Calculator engine
    >> Analytics
    >> Tests
    >> Indexed
    >> And many more feature to come
    

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24. "Python where we can, C++ where we must"
    

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25. "Python where we can, C++ where we must"
    @ Google
    

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26. Leonid Kholkine
    >> @leonidkho
    >> linkedin.com/in/kholkine
    >> leonid@tonicapp.com
    >> http://www.tonicapp.com/jobs
    

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