Below you’ll find a balanced curriculum of juicy courses and videos that are available for free on the internet. I’ll definitely be diving into most of these in the 2nd half of 2020. Stay curious! University CS Courses on YouTube CS50’s Web Programming with Python and JavaScript | Harvard University CS 61-C Great Ideas in […]
Sometimes a spark comes from seemingly nowhere. That’s when you reach for your tools and create. After a series of successful experiments, I decided this stack might be my quickest, best shot to get a functional website up and running in Python. I was pleasantly surprised to make rapid progress over the span of a […]
This is the post I wish I could have read before I approached my first API. All APIs have their own style, quirks and unique requirements. This post explains general terminology, tips and examples if you’re looking to tackle your first API. Here’s what is covered: API & HTTP Lingo You Should Know Testing and […]
Preface I always enjoy reading when technical people share their stories of the times things went a little haywire. Times when, despite their best intentions, a solution didn’t work as planned and it ends in unpleasant or catastrophic failure. I had an experience like this recently, so here’s my “oops” story. Fortunately, I think this […]
Here are a few useful corners of the vast array of Windows scripting tools. Helpful Windows Command Line Documentation Windows command line Documentation Syntax Command-line reference A-Z Command shell overview Using command redirection operators About Windows Remote Management A Few General Windows Commands Use find to look in a text file to count the lines […]
Prior to learning Python, I had no programming experience. I worked in marketing for a book publisher and did not perform well at my job. It was not a good fit. They eventually fired me. As my previous job unraveled, I discovered Python and the Coursera course, Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python). Fortunately, […]
This post covers 6 handy Windows tools: Windows Experience Index Disk Cleanup Windows Update Troubleshooter Windows Update Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant Disk Defragmenter First, get your baseline Windows Experience Index score. These metrics are a way to monitor your system’s performance over time. Go to “Control Panel\System and Security\System” Select “Your Windows Experience Index […]
Automatic pytest Testing and Failure Alert Monitoring This is my solution to replace manually running pytest each day in command prompt. I want to automate running pytest every day, test if my automated python scripts ran smoothly and get notified if any tests fail. Installing pytest, a python testing library: python -m pip install pytest […]
Being a developer has similarities to the life of a family surviving in space. Sure, the stakes are lower when writing code versus being chased by alien life forms, but the core idea is the same. One is faced with a problem and it must be solved, with varying degrees of consequences for failure. I […]
I am finally starting to understand git version control! It makes developing a project on different computers easy. Some of these notes were picked up from the super informative Reproducible Data Analysis in Jupyter video series by Jake VanderPlas, author of the Python Data Science Handbook. First, go here, download and install git if you […]
