TL, DR In many cases you will use an Ubuntu machine, either as a server or Personal Computer. It’s very important you keep your Ubuntu software updated, both for the packages you installed via apt and your snaps or flatpaks. Below you can find a few commands to do this. Software is everywhere You have… Continue reading Keep your Ubuntu software updated
Month: July 2022
Scrapy: Select elements containing a specific text
TL, DR Scrapy is one of the top frameworks for web scraping in Python. Often you need to select some element where you already know part of its text. This post shows you how to select elements containing a certain text with CSS and XPATH selectors. How to select elements containing a certain text in… Continue reading Scrapy: Select elements containing a specific text
Call an API from PyScript
TL, DR PyScript is a new and cool piece of technology that let you use Python in the browser. In this tutorial we will call an API from PyScript and display the result on our webpage. More tutorials on PyScript to come! How to make HTTP requests from PyScript to an external API? PyScript, a… Continue reading Call an API from PyScript
PyScript REPL in a webpage
TL, DR PyScript is a new and cool piece of technology that let you use Python in the browser. In this tutorial we will embed a PyScript REPL in a webpage. More tutorials on PyScript to come! Embed a PyScript REPL in a webpage Python is famous for running everywhere. Jupyter Notebooks enabled professionals and… Continue reading PyScript REPL in a webpage
Export a Pandas DataFrame to HTML table
TL, DR If you ever tried to write a big table in HTML from scratch, you know how much it can be tedious. Fortunately, there are ways to convert data from a Pandas DataFrame to a HTML table with a simple call. Making tables in HTML from Pandas DataFrames HTML is the standard language of… Continue reading Export a Pandas DataFrame to HTML table
