Personal Update: May 2023, Contemporary Issues in Digital Technology

As National Apprenticeship Week 2023 started back at the beginning of February I wrote a brief blog post where I mentioned the start of the Contemporary Issues in Digital Technology for my degree apprenticeship. The module has now been completed, so a good chance for me to reflect a little. Critical Writing vs Descriptive Writing … Continue reading Personal Update: May 2023, Contemporary Issues in Digital Technology

Flask and SQLAlchemy: Connecting To MySQL (Python / Notes)

For my assets web app, written in Flask (Python) I have separated the app and the database into separate instances. This allows me to update the app and its dependencies without impacting the database and its dependencies, or vice-versa. The database could be one of many as I'm using SQLAlchemy to handle the connectivity between … Continue reading Flask and SQLAlchemy: Connecting To MySQL (Python / Notes)

Continuous Deployment, Continuous Delivery – The CD of CI/CD (GitHub / Python / DevOps)

In this blog post I take my Flask (Python) web application and deployment to Microsoft Azure, and instead of doing it manually I do it via a CI/CD. I've previously discussed Continuous Integration (CI) in blog posts around CI, GitHub actions and recently Code Coverage. The CD of CI/CD can stand for Continuous Deployment or … Continue reading Continuous Deployment, Continuous Delivery – The CD of CI/CD (GitHub / Python / DevOps)

Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Certification

Studying for my degree apprenticeship uses up a lot of my spare time (i.e. my time outside of work) and concentration, so I've put most qualification / technology pathways on hold or at least maintained a slow attempt at them. Happy to say that I attempted and passed the Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) certification today.

Do Until (BASH)

I'm currently running GitLab in a Docker container and wanted a little Bash script to let me know when the container is healthy (e.g. ready) after reboot. The script uses an until command to ask Docker to list the containers, looking for the word 'Healthy' and until the word is found it outputs that it … Continue reading Do Until (BASH)