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Continue reading →: Opening Excel Spreadsheets (Python)
Microsoft Excel is great at spreadsheets but what if you want to use a different tool to analyse the data an Excel spreadsheet contains? In steps Python 3 and pandas, and as I’m currently looking at using pandas I’ve decided to make a few notes. No, not this type of…
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Continue reading →: PythonSkills.append(‘Developer’) – (Python)
For the last several weeks I’ve been undertaking various training certifications on LinkedIn Learning. Although I’ve used the LinkedIn Learning platform for different subject areas (the Microsoft SCCM course have helped for work purposes) my main drive has so far been the Python courses. Regular readers of my site have…
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Continue reading →: Convert Words To Pig Latin (Python)One of the early “practise” programs that Impractical Python (reviewed here, available from No Starch Press) is to convert words into Pig Latin. I’ve given it a shot and although I need to work on PEP-8, I managed to create a program that does it within 25 lines (including shebang…
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Continue reading →: Caesar Cipher With GUI (Python)I have been learning more about Tkinter recently and decided to revisit the Caesar Cipher I did back at the beginning of the year to see if I could add a GUI (Graphical User Interface) to it. I find revisiting older project and adding new learnings onto them helps to…
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Continue reading →: Creating A Progress Bar (Python)An item I have felt missing from my Python projects when using the Tkinter modules is a progress bar. I’ve decided to correct that. —— #!/bin/python3 # geektechstuff # progress bar # modules to import from tkinter import * # ttk makes the window look like running Operating System’s theme…
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Continue reading →: Christmas Countdown (Python / Raspberry Pi)With it being the festive season and looking for something for my recent Inky PHAT purchase needing to be I used I decided to create a Countdown To Christmas. I started off with a basic countdown in Python, where today’s date (2nd) is taken away from the 25th (Christmas Day).…
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Continue reading →: Move Folders Using Values From CSV (PowerShell)This evening I came up with a way for PowerShell to move multiple folders depending on names in a CSV. Below I will describe the scenario and my PowerShell scripts coding. Imagine you had a folder structure on your device (or network share) containing folders named after the users that…
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Continue reading →: November_2018 = document.getElementById(‘Update’)I can’t remember the last time I did a blog entry just about me and not a program/code that I’ve been working on. November 2018 has been quite a month, so I have decided to do one now. Training I’ve spent most of it hitting up LinkedIn Learning to increase…
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Continue reading →: Impractical Python Projects – Book Review (Python)I have been given the opportunity to review “Impractical Python Projects” by Lee Vaughan, published by No Starch Press. First in the interest of fairness and openness; No Starch Press has very kindly given me a copy of the book for free. I first found out about No Starch Press…
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Continue reading →: InkypHAT (Raspberry Pi)I got home today to find that my Pimoroni order of an Inky pHAT had arrived. The Inky pHAT is a Raspberry Pi add-on that is an e-ink (electronic ink) screen. Using the Inky pHAT and the supplied Python library the Raspberry Pi can out put text and images to…
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