Michael Jester

Nov 30, 2020

Create a cron job in AWS’s Elastic Beanstalk using Django

This article will tell you how to write a cron job in AWS’s Elastic Beanstalk (EB) using Django. For reference, my EB environment is using Python 3.7 running on 64bit Amazon Linux 2/3.1.3. It is probably different if you’re using a different version. Step 1 — Create the file you want to run The example file I used is up…

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Create a cron job in AWS’s Elastic Beanstalk using Django

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Nov 24, 2020

Working With Virtual Environments In Python Using Anaconda’s CLI

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. In this article, I’ll break down how to use Anaconda’s Command…

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Working With Virtual Environments In Python Using Anaconda’s CLI

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Nov 16, 2020

An Intro To SQL Joins

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…

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Nov 10, 2020

Introduction To Python’s Pandas Library

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…

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Oct 26, 2020

Intro to “Dunder” Methods in Python

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…

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Aug 20, 2020

Adding Leaflet To Your Rails Application

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…

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Adding Leaflet To Your Rails Application

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Jul 27, 2020

Creating a Rails Backend API from Scratch

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…

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Creating a Rails Backend API from Scratch

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Jul 9, 2020

Using the ternary operator in Ruby

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…

Ruby

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Ruby

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Jun 16, 2020

Using Faker Gem To Seed Your Application

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 => "Forrest Gump")…

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Using Faker Gem To Seed Your Application

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