Stata hybrids: updates and ideas

At last year’s Stata conference I presented projects that facilitate the combined use of Stata and Python. One project provides the ability to use Python within Stata via a C plugin. The other project provides a custom Python class that can be used to open, modify, and save Stata data sets. In this talk I will begin by describing some modifications and extensions to these projects. I will then present a few new ideas for useful combinations of Stata with other tools. Some of these ideas can be realized using the Python projects above, some using JavaScript and a web browser.