This content appeared as a Pybites email first. If you like it, subscribe to our friends list here to be the first to get this valuable Python / Developer / Mindset related content. Notice: this is not yet another New Year’s Resolution post. I want to help you make more permanent changes by applying some of the lessons I picked… Continue reading Love the process and identify with your habits
Love the process and identify with your habits
By PyBites Team on 17 January 2023
Resources to stay focused and positive
By PyBites Team on 13 January 2023
This content appeared as a Pybites email first. If you like it, subscribe to our friends list here to get weekly emails about Python / Developer / Mindset related topics. Let’s be honest, there is a lot of uncertainty these days. As Pybites we want to help you progress, even more so when things are… Continue reading Resources to stay focused and positive
It’s not you – it’s me
By Ian Pritchard on 9 January 2023
Every so often I get convinced that a challenge test suite is wrong or Python is somehow giving me the wrong results. “It’s You”! I checked and quadruple-checked my code. I walked through every single line in the IDE debug mode noting how the variables changed as the code branched through. I printed everything printable… Continue reading It’s not you – it’s me
Goal setting tips
By PyBites Team on 8 January 2023
Listen here: Or watch here: Happy New Year and welcome back to the Pybites podcast. This week Julian and Bob talk about setting goals for this year 2023:– How to set your goals this year.– When and where you begin to setting your goals– How to set realistic goals that are achievable and sustainable.– How… Continue reading Goal setting tips
PyScript, a first exploration
By Leonieke Paalvast on 6 January 2023
After watching a PDM Code Clinic demo of PyScript the other day I got a lot of inspiration of things I could do with this new technology. I always liked working with HTML and CSS because you instantly see the results, something I miss working with pure Python. However now with PyScript I can combine… Continue reading PyScript, a first exploration
Reflections on the Zen of Python
By Bob Belderbos on 21 December 2022
An initial version of this article appeared as a Pybites email first. If you like it join our friends list to get our valuable Python, developer and mindset content first … How following the Zen of Python will make your code better, a lot better. This epic set of axioms (triggered by typing import this in the… Continue reading Reflections on the Zen of Python
Pybites turns 6 today – 10 highlights + lessons learned
By PyBites Team on 19 December 2022
Today Pybites turns 6 years 🎉😎 We could never have envisioned that our end-of-2016 “Python blog side project” would grow out into a fully fledged business serving thousands of people worldwide! Here are 10 highlights / lessons learned from our journey so far: 1. Don’t procrastinate, implement We had been chatting for many years about ideas… Continue reading Pybites turns 6 today – 10 highlights + lessons learned
Building a 500 line API regression test suite
By Bob Belderbos on 15 December 2022
This article appeared as a Pybites email first. If you like it consider joining our friends list for weekly Python, developer and (!) mindset content … Last year I built a cool API to post code images using our pybites-carbon tool. It will store the tip code in a database and store the code image in an… Continue reading Building a 500 line API regression test suite
Cool data side projects and prolific content creation
By PyBites Team on 15 December 2022
Listen here: This week we talk with Kristen Kehrer about her journey as a data scientist, developer advocate and content creator. We dive into how she got into DS and what excites her about the field. We talk about her developer relations work at Comet ML, her journey from R to Python, and some really cool data… Continue reading Cool data side projects and prolific content creation
5 ways I use GitHub Actions
By Bob Belderbos on 14 December 2022
I am increasingly using GitHub Actions these days. If you’re new to this you might want to check out our article or video. In this article I will show you 5 cool ways I use it day to day. Run tests and linters The first and most obvious reason is to automate tooling. Although you probably want to… Continue reading 5 ways I use GitHub Actions