Hands-on Introduction to Django

Event space and refreshments sponsored by: Viacom

Event agenda:

10:00am - 12:00pm: Workshop

12:00pm - 1:00pm: Lunch will be provided

1:00pm - 3:00pm: Workshop

Description:

In this workshop, you will learn and apply the basics of building a modern, “full-stack” web application using Python and Django (https://www.djangoproject.com/). Python is a programming language with rich data analysis libraries including pandas, scipy and scikit-learn, and Django (written in Python) is the web framework behind Instagram and Pinterest. Attendees will learn how free, open-source technology can create end-to-end machine learning applications. We will build an application that allows users to query data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), perform linear regression, and present the results in a web-based chart.

For data scientists, an understanding of Django permits their audience to choose input parameters, integrate the parameters into their algorithms and present them visually, all within Python.

Skills Covered:

Python pre-processing, putting data into a database, API call, application deployment on Pythonanywhere, retrieving / graphing in HTML page

Prerequisites / Preparation:

• some experience in linear regression

• some experience with python (python does not have to be loaded on laptop)

• create GitHub (https://github.com/) account

• create pythonanywhere (https://www.pythonanywhere.com/) account

• Google Chrome browser should be on laptop

Instructor Bio:

Geoffrey Sechter (https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffreysechter) is an entrepreneur solving problems by asking the right questions and developing full-stack web applications (mostly) using Python and Django. In New York City since a failed Seattle-based startup in 2013, Geoffrey helps organize the 2000+ member Django NYC meetup group (https://www.meetup.com/django-nyc/)and supports the global Django Girls (https://djangogirls.org/)organization. When the entrepreneur hat comes off, Geoffrey bikes, meditates, cooks, swing dances and hikes, plus other stuff you'll have to ask him about sometime. His twitter: @gsechter (https://twitter.com/gsechter)