PythonApiCodingStyle

We want QuantConnect to be a truly multi-language platform - where language is not a barrier to writing quant strategies. Currently our Python API follows the C# method and variable names - which is a little counter-intuitive for Python programmers.

To fix this we started a project to provide a 'pythonista' style to the API, trying to follow the patterns and capitalization python programmers are familiar with. Its been a few months work but its almost complete and we'd love to get your feedback - please see the three alternatives below and vote to pick your favorite.

• PythonApiCodingStyle1 - The current style which follows the C# API.
• PythonApiCodingStyle2 - The proposed style using python style conventions.
• PythonApiCodingStyle3 - A medium style which follows the C# API pythonically.

This discussion was a thread in the forums: https://www.quantconnect.com/forum/discussion/1279/calling-python-experts---proposed-new-qc-python-api/

Forums are hard to follow, and threads get abandonned; it's better to pull substantive topics into the Wiki for knowledge-capture.

It would be good to get this resolved quickly so that we can progress on getting pandas/numpy/scipy useable, which will be a huge win. See: https://github.com/QuantConnect/Lean/issues/525