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Talk Python To Me

#241: Opal: Full stack health care apps

Talk Python To Me

Michael Kennedy

Technology

4.8635 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Open source has permeated much of the software industry. What about health care? This highly regulated and important industry might seem to be the domain of huge specialized software companies.

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0:00.0

Open source has permeated much of the software industry. But what about healthcare?

0:05.2

This highly regulated and important industry might seem to be the domain of huge, specialized

0:09.7

software companies. On this episode, Fred Kingham is here to introduce us to a project called

0:14.3

Opel. It was born out of NHS hack days in the UK and is a full-stack web framework for building

0:20.5

healthcare applications. It's based on Django and has a full-stack web framework for building healthcare applications.

0:22.0

It's based on Django and has a ton of interesting features as a framework in general.

0:26.2

This is Talk Python and Me, episode 24 podcast on Python, the language, the libraries, the ecosystem, and the personalities.

0:50.9

This is your host, Michael Kennedy. Follow me on Twitter where I'm at M. Kennedy.

0:54.9

Keep up with the show and listen to past episodes at talk python.fm. And follow the show on

0:59.3

Twitter via at Talk Python. This episode is sponsored by Linode and the University of San Francisco.

1:05.6

Please check out what they're offering during their segments. It really helps support the show.

1:10.0

Hi there. Thanks for listening to this episode.

1:12.5

Before we get to the interview, I have something to share with you. We just launched a new course.

1:16.6

It's called Python for Decision Makers and Business Leaders. If you're a team lead or deciding

1:21.8

whether to use Python for your next project or even the next stage in your career, this course is a

1:26.8

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1:33.8

It's super unique. Most courses teach you how to program with Python. This course is a guided discussion and exploration of the Python ecosystem through the lens of your organization

1:38.8

and your team. It's full of fact-based presentations for the Python ecosystem, covering things like frameworks,

1:45.3

types of apps you can build, developer jobs, and more. And it explores some of the tools

1:49.6

making Python so popular in the data science space. It's written both for developers and non-developers

1:55.5

alike. So check it out at talk python.fm slash decision or just click the link in the show notes.

2:02.2

But wait, there's more.

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