Episode 113 - Full Stack Web Apps Using Only Python with Meredydd Luff

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 hydration 00:11:00 Jupyter Notebook 00:12:49 The Uplink 00:14:02 GraphQL 00:23:06 How Anvil works 00:24:19 Skulpt 00:28:09 Brython 00:29:04 Pyodide 00:32:46 Javascript daisy chaining 00:37:11 GRPC and protocol buffers  00:39:03 “Anvil is an abstraction.” 00:40:09 Escape hatches 00:43:10 Anvil and Webpack 00:44:35 “Learn Python and build a website.” 00:45:02 Accessibility 00:47:16 Meredydd’s personal background, and Anvil’s beginnings 00:52:56 Putting your work out there 00:56:01 Logging and capturing what people want 01:01:06 Ad: ConfigCat 01:03:04 Anvil’s parent company, The Tuesday Project Ltd.  01:05:22 Meredydd’s take on venture capitalism on developer tools 01:08:42 Working in Anvil 01:17:02 Contact details for Meredydd and Anvil Resources mentioned in this episode: Tools Anvil 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/ Videos Meredydd’s Lightning Talk in PyCon 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHUw3N15v38 Turning a Jupyter Notebook into a Web App with Anvil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh0B4HjQxOU Podcast Stories 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 education@anvil.works. Get ConfigCat: https://configcat.com/ Get Audible: http://www.audibletrial.com/programmingthrowdown If you’ve enjoyed this podcast, you can listen to more programming news and updates like this one on Programming Throwdown’s website: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/, or send us an email at programmingthrowdown@gmail.com. You can also follow Programming Throwdown on  Facebook | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Player.FM  You can also help support Programming Throwdown through our Patreon. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★