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Open source implementation of Microsoft Excel, which lets you write macros using Python and has the plotting, scheduling and report sharing functionality of Tableau.


LibreOffice Calc allows you to write Python Macros...lots of open source Tableau competitors https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/44204/does-anyone-...


> which lets you write macros using Python

Someone upthread said "nocode", and I think that's more on the money. Most people will never be "programmers" as we understand the term, but they could still benefit from a narrowing of the gap between what Excel can do and what (say) Python can.

An old hobby project of mine[1] had a go at this by letting spreadsheet users write functions in the spreadsheet itself, in exactly the same way they already used the spreadsheet to calculate things. Basically, if you just used the spreadsheet as a calculator, it would automatically define reusable functions out of those calculations. I think something like that would push Excel's power and usability forward for your average person, because it wouldn't make them reliant on programmers to implement the things they want.

1: http://6gu.nz


I was working with people in finance & they found it difficult to follow the flow through VBA. I used Blockly to model the code & they were instantly able to provide me with feedback. It was pretty cool!

Not sure if Blockly is “no code”, but it can be more intuitive.




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