Get the Amount of Days Between Two Dates in Python
Let’s say that you have two dates:
"2019-01-29"
"2019-06-30"
How would you create a function that would return the number of …
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How to Always run Python 3 from Bash
Given a directory that contains:
|
|- app.py
|- requirements.txt
|- ...
|- <- other-files ->
|- ...
We can create a runme.sh file to always make …
How to Run the Kubernetes Dashboard Locally
Kubernetes comes with a pretty nice dashboard to view clusters, worker groups, nodes and pods. As well as a ton of other useful things.
This tutorial …
Read Article →How to tell if a year is a Leap Year in Python
Given that we are in a leap year this year (2020), it would be nice to know how to programmatically calculate this.
Luckily, this is a repeatable …
Read Article →How to Reverse a Linked List in Python
It’s important to know about data types and one that comes up fairly regularly is that of Linked Lists.
Let’s write the following base …
Read Article →The Docker Quickstart Guide for Developers
This Docker Quickstart Guide for Developers aims to get developers familiar with Docker as quickly as possible.
Providing you with the knowledge to be …
Read Article →How to Follow Redirects with cURL for CLI or PHP
Let’s take a really common example. Say we want to follow redirects with cURL for google.com. It is common to curl follow redirect a URL.
Follow …
Read Article →How to tell if a String contains a Substring in Javascript
Javascript comes with some pretty good support for determining if a string contains a substring.
There is the newer includes function which was …
How to package a Python app (pip) for PyPi
In this tutorial, we will create a Python application that can be installed directly from pip that will show the 10 latest blog posts from this …
How to find the longest Palindrome in a String using Python
This occasionally comes up during coding interviews and is actually quite a decent way to test someone’s aptitude of moving back and forth on a …
Read Article →How to write Anonymous Functions in Javascript
There is a lot of power in Javascript syntax. One of those powerful things is that of Javascript Anonymous Functions.
But what is an Anonymous …
Read Article →How to use Docker to test any Linux distribution locally
I often need to test a specific Linux binary or make sure something works as expected from yum install or apt install.
To do this, it’s common …
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