In order to help with environment issues, using virtual environments can be a lifesaver. Not only that, it allows your projects to only have the packages it needs and saves space on deployment websites like heroku, aws, and more. …

If you plan on learning SQL (or a programming language that incorporates SQL), then one of the best features will be Joining Tables. Below are the three main types of joins you will use and code examples for each. How to write a join statement? After your FROM statement you…

Pandas is one of the best library for python. But don’t take my word for it, here are a lot of links that say the same thing. What exactly is pandas, though? According to their webpage, it is “a fast, powerful, flexible and easy to use open source data analysis…

When learning Python, one thing I learned that was different in other languages are the double underscore (“dunder”, magic, or special) methods that can be used in classes. There are definitely ways to do this in other languages, but python makes the process a lot easier. A class can implement…

We’re finishing up our mod 4 project from Flatiron School (wow, where has the time gone!?) which was a yelp clone specifically for ice cream shops. One feature we really wanted to add was add a moveable map like Google Maps (see this blog post) but Google Maps required us…

If you want to create a Rails backend, then this blog post is for you! I’m going to go step by step and show which commands you need to run, files you need to change, etc. First, we’re going to generate our rails application using the code below. This is…

It’s been a little over a month at Flatiron School, and one of my biggest takeaways is refactor, refactor, refactor (only once you get your program working!). One operation I seem to use a lot is a simple if then like below x = if a > 2…

Some of the most time-consuming parts of creating a Ruby application is trying to seed your database. I mean seriously, can anyone think of 100 movies off the top of their head? (If you can, you’re awesome and congrats.) Film.create(:title => "The Shawshank Redemption") Film.create(:title => "The GodFather") Film.create(:title …