The document discusses rapid prototyping using Python, emphasizing its benefits such as early failure detection and efficient communication. It highlights the use of Django for building REST APIs and Kivy for creating cross-platform mobile applications. Key reasons for choosing Python include ease of learning, rapid development, and extensive libraries.

1. Rapid Prototyping with
Python
Renyi Khor!
@renyikhor
!
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4. What’s prototyping ?
• “A prototype is an early sample, model, or release
of a product built to test a concept or process or
to act as a thing to be replicated or learned from.”
- Wikipedia
• Prototype means “primitive form” in Greek

5. Why is prototyping important ?
• Fail Early & Cheaper Iterations
• Proof of Concept & Requirements Gathering
• Communications & Testing Team’s Capabilities
• Minimum Viable Product (M.V.P.)

6. Why Python ?
• Python is easy to learn
• Python focus on speed of development
• Python Standard Library is extensive (Batteries
included)
• PyPi - Python Package Index (Kitchen sink here)
• Language Interoperability (C++ - Cython/boost,
Lisp - CLPython, Prolog - PyLo, Java - Jython, etc.)

7. The Prototype
• Prototype an E-Shop with REST API and Mobile App.
• Django
A high-level Python Web Framework
• REST API
Django REST Framework
• Mobile App
Kivy: Cross-platform Python Framework for NUI
Development

8. Why Django ?
• Django is python - Works well with python libraries
• Django is open source - Works well with open
source tools (Nginx, Redis, etc.)
• ORM*
• Auto-admin
• Built in schema migration that supports multiple
databases

9. Why Kivy ?
• Kivy is python
• *Kivy language (Similar to Nokia’s QML)
• OpenGL ES 2.0 (Yes, you can build games)
• Crossplatform - Develop on Linux, Windows or OSx
• Bulldozer - Automate build for Linux, Windows,
IOS/OSx, Android.

10. DEMO

11. Thank You.
@renyikhor
!
https://www.djangoproject.com/
http://www.django-rest-framework.org/
http://kivy.org/