Published in The Startup·Feb 3, 2021Let’s learn about — Looking for Remote Jobs During the PandemicLooking for a job always has been not an easy task. Now, with the Covid Pandemic, is even harder. And seems that it won’t be better anytime soon. Luckily, this has forced many business to open their mind to hiring remotely, making it easier to find a remote job, from…Remote Working4 min readRemote Working4 min read
Jul 22, 2020NodeJS Tutorial — 01 — Creating your first server + NodemonLearning NodeJS is a great opportunity for every web developer: Tons of jobs, easy to learn and, as Javascript is a MUST on web developing for the FrontEnd, you already know the language! With this tutorial, you will create your first NodeJS server in less than 10 minutes. In this…Coding1 min readCoding1 min read
Published in Quick Code·Jul 6, 20206 + 1 Free Django tutorials for beginners — Let’s learn aboutYou have just finished the Django poll tutorial, and you don’t know what should be your next step? Or are you looking for inspiration to improve your recently acquired Django skills? Don’t you worry, as I’ve listed down the best Django tutorials I have found when I was still learning…Django3 min readDjango3 min read
Published in The Startup·Jul 4, 2020Creating a Python virtual environmentMany people use Anaconda to write Python code. But it is so cumbersome for small scripts and hard to manage. Instead, we can create our own virtual environments (like our own world) where we only have the packages we want to install. In about 6 minutes we will be creating…Python5 min readPython5 min read
Published in Quick Code·Jul 1, 2020How to pick your first programming languageWhen I started programming, I was impressed by the number of programming languages. Maybe you are in the same spot I was. If you were, I wrote a guide to help you to pick your first programming language. Picking the proper language for you: My case I started learning to code 6 years ago with C. Until the…Programming5 min readProgramming5 min read
Apr 6, 2020#100DaysOfCode, 5th round | Doing two challenges at the same timeI’m doing my 5th #100DaysOfCode, this time, learning Node.JS. Why it is so special? Because I’m doing another challenge at the same time. And I’ll be spending 6 hours a day doing both challenges. Yep. What is #100DaysOfCode? In case you don’t know what the 100DaysOfCode is, let me give you a brief…Nodejs5 min readNodejs5 min read
Published in The Startup·Mar 9, 2020#100DaysOfCode, 4rt round | How I’m learning faster than beforeAfter a successful first #100DaysOfCode challenge learning Vue.js and a not-so-successful failed the second and third one, I just started my fourth challenge. As I have learnt from my mistakes (more than from success), I’m using a new learning approach and I’m learning faster and better than before. …100 Daysofcode6 min read100 Daysofcode6 min read
Mar 2, 2020Let’s learn about — Being a team player (and how it benefits you)IMHO, helping people struggling is something you should do. Period. Especially they struggle with something that is hard (i.e.: programming) and you can solve, in seconds, something that would take them hours, if not days, to solve. But…did you know that by helping others, you also improve your skills as…Teamwork6 min readTeamwork6 min read
Published in The Startup·Nov 19, 2019Let’s learn about — Review: Django for ProfessionalsThere is a lot of books for learning Django for beginners, but what about for those that want to level up? If you have been using Django for a while, your average “Let’s build a blog/newspaper” may fall short. Thankfully we have “Django for Professionals” Introduction — What’s Django for Professionals? There are a lot of…Django3 min readDjango3 min read
Published in The Startup·Oct 9, 2019Member-onlyHow to use Scrapy Items — 05 — Python Scrapy tutorial for beginnersOriginal post Python Scrapy tutorial for beginners — 05 — How to use Scrapy Items The goal of scraping is to extract data from websites. Without Scrapy Items, we return unstructured data in the form of Python dictionaries: An easy way to introduce typos and return faulty data. Luckily, Scrapy…Python4 min readPython4 min read
