Programming often gets looked at as something mystical. Developers get paid a lot, code looks like an alien language, and everyone makes a big deal out of it. Companies make it sound like developers will save the world. And while programming can solve a lot of problems, you don’t have to be a genius to learn how to do it. In reality, everyone who can…
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How to Use the WordPress REST API with Python
WordPress powers around 39.5% of all websites. It’s great, but if you’ve ever been in charge of a decent-sized blog, you know that keeping everything up to date is hard to do. Images break, links stop working, prices and product info get out of date, and so on. Going through all of that content and updating it manually is a giant pain in the ass. There…
Resizing and Compressing Images Using Python
If you’ve ever been in charge of a blog, you know how annoying it is to handle images. Unless you want your website to become a slow, bloated piece of garbage over time, you need to resize and optimize them. And if you’re dealing with a blog that’s focused on visuals, this can take ages. Tools like TinyJPG help, but you still have to resize…
Project: Creating a Game Using Python & Pygame
A while ago I thought it would be a good idea to learn the basics of Python. I’ve seen it pop up multiple times and people seemed thrilled about it. And since I learn the most by doing projects, I decided to start a new one. The Goals of This Project The goals of this project were simple: Learn the basics of python and object-oriented…