Alexis ChilinskiCreating a basic Ruby on Rails backendI’ve been all about Python/Django, I feel like I’ve tossed Ruby to the side. My bootcamp was Ruby on Rails-based, so I really should get…Aug 23, 2020Aug 23, 2020
Alexis ChilinskiSending an email with SendgridI wrote a blogpost a while ago about sending an email through Twilio’s Verify, but if you’re just looking to send an email from your…Aug 17, 2020Aug 17, 2020
Alexis ChilinskiIntro to pytestOne of the most important aspects of coding is testing — making sure your code does what it’s supposed to do in all possible scenarios…Aug 10, 2020Aug 10, 2020
Alexis ChilinskiinLevel Up CodingAuthentication in Django & Django Rest FrameworkDjango has many exciting features, one of them being built-in authentication. Obviously there are many ways to implement auth and you can…Aug 3, 2020Aug 3, 2020
Alexis ChilinskiSetting up a Basic Django BackendI have become the so-called “Django-whisperer” of my bootcamp cohort. Having wanted to learn Python since I began my software engineering…Jul 27, 2020Jul 27, 2020
Alexis ChilinskiPython Virtual EnvironmentsI have been primarily focusing on Python recently (if that wasn’t obvious already) and I’ve been having some trouble understanding why…Jul 19, 2020Jul 19, 2020
Alexis ChilinskiEmail verification: Twilio (and Sendgrid) and PythonAnyone who’s ever registered on a website has probably received an email asking them to verify their email. This is common practice to…Jul 12, 20201Jul 12, 20201
Alexis ChilinskiStarting out in the dev workforceAs I’ve said before, going to a bootcamp was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I learned so many new skills and I gained…Jul 6, 2020Jul 6, 2020
Alexis ChilinskiinAnalytics VidhyaDjango: Web-scraping to CSVsWeb-scraping is a great way to retrieve information from a source (e.g. a website) if you don’t need to store it in a database. Say you…Jun 29, 20201Jun 29, 20201
Alexis ChilinskiDjango Custom User ModelDjango is a really useful framework for Python in that it has a lot of built-in features, including auth. What’s also nice is its built-in…Jun 22, 2020Jun 22, 2020
