closedloop / fintech-sandbox-curation

Refactoring of Existing project-sandcastle repo

FinTech Sandbox Members Only

This repository and the associated Wiki are to be used only by active members of the FinTech Sandbox Community. We are calling this resource Project Sandcastle, and we have designed it to facilitate the quick and effective adoption of a variety of financial data services.

Project Sandcastle

http://www.fintechsandbox.org

This resource is organized into the following sections:

• Wiki
  • Sandbox Members
    • Contains a page for each Current Sandbox Member and Alumnus in order to maintain appropriate contact information
  • Data Providers
    • Go here to request introductions to data providers
    • Submit and view reviews for each data provider
    • View Product Descriptions and Features
      • Attach relevant documentation and marketing materials
• Code Base
  • Data Provider Code Base
    • Each Data provider folder has three sub-folders:
      • API​: Documentation that references product descriptions in the Wiki
      • Issues​: Solutions to known bugs and references to solutions on StackOverflow
      • Integrations​: Solutions to convert external data sources into useful formats for databases, visualizations, etc...
  • Member's Sandbox
    • A collection of data-provider-agnostic solutions to pressing problems for members in the Sandbox Community
    • Be creative and collaborative here!
  • FinTech Sandbox Scripts
    • Code required to generate specific subsets of this codebase and Wiki
• Slack
  • Some problems we face in launching a startup require communication, not code. For this we have Slack: FinTechSandbox.slack.com
  • Go there to share your company updates, ask for help and help another entrepreneur / data-geek out.

Contribution Guidelines

• There is a lot of good resources here and the FinTech Sandbox team is working hard to create a great environment for you all to succeed.
• Please read CONTRIBUTING.md to understand how to keep this place organized and useful to others

TL;DR Contributing

1. Keep reviews and descriptions of data providers in the Wiki
2. Keep contact information for your company up-to-date in the Wiki
3. Code should be moderately documented and minimally functional with a clear description of the problem it is trying to address
4. All programming languages are welcome
5. Programs that rely on multiple files should be placed in their own sub-folder
6. Follow the templates provided:
7. Wiki: New Member, New Data Provider
8. Code Base: New Data Provider