Snooping through my package list, I noticed the PyGithub library was installed. Its repo boasts “Typed interactions with the GitHub API v3”. I googled the package, wanting to check in on the repos I profiled in an earlier post about static site generators. I drafted the code below after noticing the repo.stargazer_count function in its […]
Pelican is a popular static site generator library in Python. I didn’t know why my pelican blog was not working. I’ve used the “pelican content” command many times for my blog. This time, when attempting to write a new post on a new computer, I was getting this error where none of my posts were […]
There are usually many ways to do most things in Python. I’ve retrieved random numbers a few different ways at various times within the random module, often after reading a Stack Overflow post. This time in my most recent search for random digits, I discovered in the Python docs the random.sample() function with its k […]
Here is a list of external Python modules you can install with pip. These are not included with your Python version and need to be installed separately. In some cases, other options may be suitable. To keep the list shorter, I picked libraries that were chosen based on having at least one of these qualities: […]
Though we feel powerless at times, our individual choices can have ripple effects which can help us preserve Earth’s precious materials. Here is how to recycle your old electronics in Chicago. Definitely check out if your city has a similar program for recycling electronics. Look up the schedule for any Chicago address here: https://www.recyclebycity.com/chicago/schedule I […]
Proud to announce my newest side project blog, Diversified Bullish, is live at divbull.com. It is made with Pelican and the Blue Penguin theme. I’m planning to write about stocks and investing there moving forward in addition to this blog which focuses on Python programming. The divbull.com Github repo serves the static files generated by […]
In an XML document, you need to escape any ampersands in your text as & I began a new coding project. Sure, there’s documentation for the API that solves my problem. I find out it uses XML. Extensible Markup Language, a classic API format. Cool. I craft a beautiful script that works at first. Hallelujah! […]
Occasionally you will find a video or talk that connects or resonates with you in a great way. Rich Hickey’s “Hammock Driven Development”, a self-described “rant” is packed with wisdom. I keep coming back to re-watch and today, I have written down some key points from this amazing rant! Key Ideas Take more time to […]
You might know you can use the tab key to view the files in a folder one at a time on the command line. However, I recently stumbled into another way to help navigate folders with a lot of files in the command line. Let’s say you’re looking for a file named “stuff.txt”. Type “s”. […]
Making time to code can be done every day. Carve out those little moments where you can automate tedious tasks or study up on that hot new Python library that takes your quality to another level. Take time to reorganize and refactor in your favorite text editor. Break your script, then break it again. Break […]
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