TAPPS Release 1: Plugin-Extensible Platform for Technical Analysis and Applied Statistics

TL;DR

TAPPS Release 1 introduces a plugin-extensible Python platform for technical analysis and statistics, featuring a SQL-like command language and a plugin system for rapid analysis function development.

Contribution

It provides the first release of TAPPS, a platform with a SQL-like language and plugin architecture for technical analysis and applied statistics in Python.

Findings

Plugin system enables rapid development of analysis functions.

Platform supports 2D data frames and a SQL-like command language.

Open-source release under GPLv3 for academic use.

Abstract

We present the first release of TAPPS (Technical Analysis and Applied Statistics System); a Python implementation of a thin software platform aimed towards technical analyses and applied statistics. The core of TAPPS is a container for 2-dimensional data frame objects and a TAPPS command language. TAPPS language is not meant to be a programming language for script and plugin development but for the operational purposes. In this aspect, TAPPS language takes on the flavor of SQL rather than R, resulting in a shallower learning curve. All analytical functions are implemented as plugins. This results in a defined plugin system, which enables rapid development and incorporation of analysis functions. TAPPS Release 1 is released under GNU General Public License 3 for academic and non-commercial use. TAPPS code repository can be found at http://github.com/mauriceling/tapps.