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  • Apr 20, 2019

    Insomnia REST Client Intro

    REST Clients have long been a part of a software developer’s toolset. In a nutshell, they are a shortcut for testing and debugging API’s. Popular clients have consisted of browser extensions as well as desktop applications. In this post, I’ll will be covering Insomnia, a cross-platform REST Client which is...

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  • Mar 1, 2019

    Posting Data and Using Sessions with Requests

    In the previous post, we covered downloading/pulling data using Requests. We downloaded and manipulated data from HTML web pages as well as API’s. Posting data is what will be covered here. We will be submitting data as if it were from an HTML form. We will also be posting data...

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  • Feb 17, 2019

    Pulling Data with Requests

    Requests, being one of the most popular Python modules, is a highly regarded tool for sending HTTP requests. In this post, we will be pulling data from HTML pages, JSON API’s, and XML API’s. Pulling Data from HTML Pages Requests makes downloading a webpage easy. For this example, we will...

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  • Jan 7, 2019

    Intro to Using Python Type Hints

    Type hinting was added to the Python standard library starting in version 3.5. Python, being a dynamically typed language, does not enforce data types. However, when argument types and return types for functions have type hints implemented, type hints can provide the following benefits: Reviewing Old Code Most often, developers...

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  • Dec 22, 2018

    Breakpoints in Chrome Developer Tools

    Using Breakpoints in Chrome Developer Tools Included: Conditional breakpoints Exception breakpoints Scope pane Watch expressions

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  • Dec 22, 2018

    JavaScript Console and Debugging in Chrome Developer Tools

    How to use the JavaScript Console in Chrome Developer Tools. Included are executing JavaScript, writing logs, and debugging.

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  • Dec 13, 2018

    Box Model Widget in Chrome Developer Tools

    This video demo will cover the box model widget in Chrome Developer Tools. I will, very briefly, go over the box model then how to use the widget to edit CSS.

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  • Dec 11, 2018

    Picking a Color from a Webpage with Chrome Developer Tools

    Picking a color from a webpage is simple. There’s no need to install a Chrome Extension. Simply, open the Elements tab in Chrome Developer Tools. Open Developer Tools Command+Option+I (Mac) or Control+Shift+I (Windows) In the styles tab, select any CSS selector that has a color property filter using “color” as...

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  • Dec 6, 2018

    Locate Command: Find Filenames Quickly

    The locate command is a handy tool that enables you to find files quickly. Installing on Ubuntu sudo apt-get install mlocate -y sudo updatedb Installing on MacOS sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.locate.plist sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb

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  • Dec 4, 2018

    Elements Tab in Chrome Developer Tools

    A demo of how to use the Elements tab in Chrome Developer Tools. This is the first video of a series on Chrome Developer Tools. This video will focus in the Elements tab. Mainly to view elements, edit CSS, and work with units of measure.

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