real-world projects - Mostly Python

GitHub screenshot showing one new line replacing 25 existing lines

Git

Using `git clean`

MP 131: It seems like Git is always more capable than I realized. I've been using Git for almost 20 years now, and I still discover new ways to use it more effectively. I really appreciate a tool that has more to offer every time I use a

Search results from lowes.com, showing electronic door locks

real-world projects

Generating a door lock code

MP 130: How do you make a reasonably secure access code for an electronic door lock? We recently moved into a new house, and one of the first tasks after moving in is to change the locks. Rather than just rekey the existing locks, we decided to install electronic locks.

sign reading "Mt Washington summit", covered in ice that's frozen in a sideways orientation from strong winds

real-world projects

Checking for attributes

MP 128: Sometimes a try-except block isn't the best approach for handling missing attributes. In Python it's often reasonable to try doing something, and then respond appropriately if that action doesn't work. This is the "ask for forgiveness rather than asking for permission&

Shows three lines commented out in the middle of a 500+ line file.

Git

Cleaning up a long series of commits

MP 127: How do you make sure you've cleaned up all your diagnostic code? I've been doing a bunch of refactoring work on a moderately sized project recently. I'm always looking for ways to work more efficiently, and use tools like Git better. It&

diagram matching parts of a regular expression to parts of a string

GitHub

Building a checklist of all functions in a file

MP 126: How do you make a GitHub task list for reviewing all functions in a file? I've been steadily working on bringing django-simple-deploy to a 1.0 release, and this has involved a lot of refactoring. At some stages of development, I want to do a quick

Realty image for a $100m Park Avenue penthouse looking out over the Manhattan skyline

Selenium

Archiving real estate images

MP 124: It should be simple to do, right? We're in the process of buying a house at the moment, and we want to keep a copy of the pictures on Zillow that show how the house is currently set up. Lots of people want to do this,

Loan analysis results from an online mortgage calculator

real-world projects

Financial literacy with Python

MP 123: Modeling mortgage loans, to help make clearer financial decisions. We're in the process of buying a house, and whenever we go through this process I spend a lot of time looking at all the different options about taking out such a significant loan. I always do

Prizes & Odds table for the NC Powerball lottery game

real-world projects

Birthdays and lotteries

MP 120: I rarely play the lottery, but when I do I like to model it afterwards. I've written recently about surviving a pretty serious medical event and then making it through a hurricane with some life interruptions, but no significant harm. When I was in the hospital,

django-simple-deploy

Thinking about architecture

MP 117: How often do you write a new, moderately complex library from scratch? Note: Our power was just restored yesterday afternoon, so we ended up going 12 days without power or running water. Internet service is still a week or two away. I've been able to get

map showing many areas impacted by past landslide activity

pdb

Where are my CLI args?

MP 93: Some surprising behavior from pdb. Note: I've been busy this week preparing a talk for PyCon next month, and a local presentation on the same topic. The ongoing series about building a Django project from a single file will continue next week. I was resuming work