Learning A Bit

Category: Python

  • FastAPI – quick to build, runs fast

    FastAPI is an up and coming framework for Python to create an API. Some would say it’s already here. Yes, its main purpose is to be an API, but it can still host a website. Much in the same way Flask is a web framework, but can be used as an API. They can do…

  • A little Python Script…

    This post is being made because this is not quite worthy of a git repo… But it is an example of how a small script can solve a “problem”. In spring 2022, “Hamilton” was coming to town, and I really wanted to get tickets!!! They announced it multiple months in advance, and I was constantly…

  • Bounced Back to Elasticsearch

    I’m BAAAAACK! To playing with Elasticsearch. I completed the tutorial a few months ago, and have decided to preview a few things for the project that has been in the back if my mind for a few years. (That will be discussed at a later date) “The Project” requires fast search results, but with the…

  • Python and Python Scripting

    This post is being created as an example of an area of concern while I am teaching myself… Am I learning the right stuff? I am beginning to look for a new position, and some employers are looking for “Python Scripting”. It was not a phrase I was familiar with and looked it up, but…

  • A Lesson Learned Through Pycharm

    A couple of years ago, I won a copy of Pycharm, and have been loving it ever since! This is not a paid advertisement, just my own experiences. It took me a long time to discover the following feature, because reading the manual from front to back and finding out the available features is not…

  • Twilio, a lovely platform

    I discovered Twilio a couple years ago when beginning to build my app, Alertyoself. Twilio is a cloud communication platform that handles the difficulty for you. (This is not a paid advertisement, I just really like their service) Recently, I played with their new verification service, and I admit it is pretty nice. To be…

  • Backend Check In

    Since my last post, I have kept at it, building the backend to my app (and rebuilding the app itself). A lot of time has been taken up by figuring out what to use. I believe I have settled on Alamofire for the network connection to the “API” (quotes are used here because it is not…

  • Evolution of My View of Programming

    An interesting thing happened yesterday… The backstory: I was instructed to change some titles on webpages for the day job, and they needed to be under 60 characters. There are PLENTY of places online where I could have entered text to get a character count, but I thought to myself, “I know how to do this in…

  • No Replacement for the Real Thing

    If you have read this blog before, then you know I have done plenty of tutorials. With this practice, comes plenty of repetition. And while in the middle of the tutorial, I understand what I am doing. But once it is completed, I am left with an overall understanding (which is not a bad thing…