Published inPython in Plain English·Jun 12, 2021How to Automate Python Scripts on WindowsIf you’re interested in writing Python, then at some point you’ve probably wondered how to automate parts of your life, and have your script run automatically on its own. In this article, I’m going to explain a simple python script to send emails, and how you can have that email…Programming4 min readProgramming4 min read
Published inGeek Culture·May 21, 2021WordPress & Pi: Setting Up Your Home ServerToday, I want to talk about WordPress a content management service (CMS). CMS is an application used to manage and publish web content in a really simple user-friendly way. It allows marketers, content creators, and merchandisers to interact with the website without having to use the IT department. In a…Raspberry Pi3 min readRaspberry Pi3 min read
Published inGeek Culture·May 1, 2021Open Source Reddit API & Building a Custom JSON Object With PythonRecently I found myself in need of some open-source information. There are multiple ways to gather information on the web. You could use Selenium to scrape the web (although sites make that more difficult every year). …Python4 min readPython4 min read
Published inGeek Culture·Apr 24, 2021Web Development: Apache2 ServersAt some point in your web development journey you’ll want full control of your website, and mastering the art of web hosting can bring you closer to that goal. If you’re reading this article I assume you’re comfortable looking at code, and using the linux terminal. …Linux4 min readLinux4 min read
Published inPython in Plain English·Apr 9, 2021Python Algorithms: Dijkstras AlgorithmDijkstra’s algorithm is an algorithm used to find all of the shortest distances between a start vertex and the rest of the vertices in a graph. Above you can see we start at A, and from there we will find the shortest distance to all other vertices. …Dijkstra3 min readDijkstra3 min read
Published inPython in Plain English·Apr 7, 2021Python: Graph Search AlgorithmsI wanted to discuss two types of graph search algorithms, as they are important concepts in working with graph structures. The first is known as Depth First Search (DFS). As you can see in the gif above it travels down the vertices of a graph one by one via its…Python6 min readPython6 min read
Published inPython in Plain English·Apr 2, 2021Python: Linear & Binary SearchTwo common search methods are linear, where we iterate through a list one-by-one till we find the value we want, or binary, where we apply a search formula/logic to more quickly find our target. There are benefits for both, and I wanted to go over them today. When implementing a…Python Programming3 min readPython Programming3 min read
Published inPython in Plain English·Mar 31, 2021Python Sorting Algorithm: Radix SortYou ever just study something that’s made you mad? Like programming doesn’t need to be this hard, and yet you still find yourself trying to understand Radix Sort. I’d like to promise you that everything is going to be okay, but you know what, we can’t know everything, and maybe…Radix Sort5 min readRadix Sort5 min read
Published inPython in Plain English·Mar 29, 2021Python Sorting Algorithm: Quick SortQuick-sort is another divide and conquer algorithm like the merge_sort algorithm. Quick-sort’s unique method however makes it oddly efficient, and thus popular. It’s a recursion operation, and calls upon itself to break an array into multiple sub-list. …Python5 min readPython5 min read
Published inPython in Plain English·Mar 26, 2021Python Sorting Algorithms: merge_sort()Continuing my series on python sorting algorithms today I’m going to look at Merge Sort. Merge sort is a divide, and conquer strategy where it breaks down your list into halves repeatedly until it has just one element, and reconstructs the list in order. …Python3 min readPython3 min read
