xlwings Newsletter #20

xlwings virtual meetup with 3 talks

June 02, 2020

We'd be happy to see you at our next virtual meetup/webinar! It features two very interesting guest speakers who will talk about their experience with Excel in the business world.When:

  • Date: June 25, 2020

  • Time: 4PM GMT (11AM EDT, 8 AM PDT)

Agenda:

  • Talk 1: Do you know what Spreadsheets are used for in your organisation and why they are necessary? by Sam Arthur, Co-Founder & CTO at WorkscopeSam presents some finding as to why companies continue to use spreadsheets and how they have been able to improve digitisation once they understood the landscape.

  • Talk 2: ExcelAnalyzer – Build better, faster and error-free spreadsheets by Maarten Bessems, CEO at SpreadsheetSoftware.comMaarten and his team have developed a model review Excel add-in called ExcelAnalyzer. This extra button in Excel helps model builders to review their spreadsheets in just minutes, building therefore error-free spreadsheets and giving them the assurance that their models are 100% bullet proof.

  • Talk 3: xlwings Performance by Felix Zumstein, Creator of xlwingsSimilar to Python’s philosophy, the focus of xlwings is on convenience rather than speed. Nevertheless, there are a few things that you can tweak to improve performance.