How to build your first Python command line interface tool
Recently, I have been working on a small project that I was wondering how to wrap up in the end, making it either web or cli based. …
Python is a programming language that comes with batteries included. For the uninitiated, this may be a strange phrase but what it basically means is that Python is well-known for its rich library of useful packages/modules published to the Python Package Index also known as PyPi.
Once in a while…
How to keep your container data between restarts and redeployment
Docker containers as well as other container technologies are known to be stateless by default. What does that mean? In layman terms it means that a particular object looses its state after being destroyed. …
Brief overview of new features in Python 3.10
Python’s upcoming 3.10 release has some interesting features. In this article I will try to highlight some of them.
New structural pattern matching mechanism
Structural pattern matching introduces new syntax to Python language by adding match/case statements. This new feature looks pretty much like a switch/case statements in other programming languages. The syntax works by…
How does Docker containerization networking work
This article is part of series that covers topics related to Python application development and deploying these application on container technology such as Docker. In this article in particular I would like to explain how network communication of Docker containers is structured. Without further ado let’s get started.
Introduction
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How to build Docker container to host your Python applications
In my last article, I have shown you how to build simple Python application that could automate repetitive tasks by using a lightweight framework such as Flask. The application consists of pretty simple UI interface where users could type in user’s email and trigger scripts that are executed on the…
How to build simple web applications to automate repetitive and boring tasks at work
One of my favorite books to read about Python is “Automate the boring stuff with Python” by Al Sweigart. His books are well written, engaging and cover a lot of different topics that relate not only to software developers but a lot of people who like to tinker with code…
Python decorators is one of these topics that you certainly know how to use but it may be not so obvious how to build one. In this article I will try to explain what a decorator is, how to use and build one. …
GIT is a distributed version control system that allows you to keep track of changes made to a project by your and your team. I still remember the first day I had to use it and how confused I was. What all of those commands do, how do we use…
