Hi Sawcy,
I have been professionally developing software for a several decades for small start-ups to multinationals and researchers as a consultant and teacher, Chief technical officer etc.
At the moment I am developing a Stock and economic analysis platform for internal use only.
The languages i use are C++, python, Html, CSS, and JavaScript for reporting.
For presentation of results i used Html, CSS and JavaScript and some graphing tools.
I use python as an executive batch running language.
And use C++ for the heavy stuff everything else.
I don’t use a SQL database, but use BOOST libraries which can provide similar functionality but at much greater speed.
In addition to deciding what language to use i think the data source provider needs consideration,
as they need to provide a wide coverage and be fast , consistent ,reliable and accurate.
Pro and Cons of languages I have used in the analysis platform are :
Python:
Pro’s:Easy to learn, good for beginners, flexible and powerful, large financial libraries.
Cons: Doesn’t scale as well for large projects, Very slow compared to properly written C++.
C++:
Pro’s:
Very fast fast, Robust if written properly, scales very well, Powerful, just about does anything.
Huge array of library’s,
Will be around a long time.
By far my favourite language.
Cons:
Much more complicated language.
Needs experience and knowledge to use properly.
As an alternative to C++ If learning to program perhaps try C#.
Html,CSS,JAvascript:
Pro: can knock things up quickly for presenting.
Cons: Does not scale well, slow to run.
