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 hydration00:11:00 Jupyter Notebook00:12:49 The Uplink00:14:02 GraphQL00:23:06 How Anvil works00:24:19 Skulpt00:28:09 Brython00:29:04 Pyodide00:32:46 Javascript daisy chaining00:37:11 GRPC and protocol buffers 00:39:03 “Anvil is an abstraction.”00:40:09 Escape hatches00:43:10 Anvil and Webpack00:44:35 “Learn Python and build a website.”00:45:02 Accessibility00:47:16 Meredydd’s personal background, and Anvil’s beginnings00:52:56 Putting your work out there00:56:01 Logging and capturing what people want01:01:06 Ad: ConfigCat01:03:04 Anvil’s parent company, The Tuesday Project Ltd. 01:05:22 Meredydd’s take on venture capitalism on developer tools01:08:42 Working in Anvil01:17:02 Contact details for Meredydd and AnvilResources mentioned in this episode:ToolsAnvil 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/VideosMeredydd’s Lightning Talk in PyCon 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHUw3N15v38Turning a Jupyter Notebook into a Web App with Anvil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh0B4HjQxOUPodcastStories from the Workshop, Anvil’s podcast https://anvil.works/podcastCatch Meredydd on Twitter @meredyddAnvil’s features are offered completely free for teachers and educators. Send Meredydd an inquiry through email at [email protected] ConfigCat: https://configcat.com/Get Audible: http://www.audibletrial.com/programmingthrowdownIf 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 [email protected] can also follow Programming Throwdown on Facebook | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Player.FM You can also help support Programming Throwdown through our Patreon.

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