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How to Break Free from Excel
Is your company still using Excel? Transitioning from Excel spreadsheets to web-based applications can improve efficiency, scalability, and overall user experience for your business. Translating requirements from Excel into a web application is not a trivial task. Explore the benefits, best practices and potential challenges of making the switch.
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IndyPy: 15 Years of Celebrating Python
As the 15-year celebration of IndyPy nears, I look back at the road that has led to this point and some of the things I am hopeful for as IndyPy continues to move ahead.
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To pyenv or Not To pyenv, That is The Question
Learn the benefits and steps for installing pyenv without letting it take over your shell's environment.
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Safety and pip-audit: Comparing Security Tools
Learn about Safety and other tools you can use to secure your Python software supply chain.
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How to Set Up Python on Your New Mac
Learn the steps needed to install Python and start working with virtualenv projects on your new Mac.
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The Importance of Precise Error Messages
Using the S3 Presigned URLs and Presigned Posts features almost had the Six Feet Up team stumped, but after some troubleshooting, uploads were a breeze.
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Secrets of Building Python Container Images for AWS Lambda
Today, developers can use container images for AWS Lambda code — a helpful way to run much more complex code in a familiar package. However, there are some non-obvious differences that can make building Python app images for AWS Lambda frustrating.
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The Zen of Python: Bootstrapping Your Local Python Environment
Established, senior developers might be able to install Python easily, but are they following the Zen of Python when it comes to best practices for environment settings and versioning? In his talk, “Bootstrapping your Local Python Environment,” Calvin discusses how to optimize system setups.
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Serverless Django: Exploring the State of the Art on AWS
As deployment options for web apps have multiplied in the past few years, AWS Lambda continues to stand out as a powerful, simple way to run a web app with minimal maintenance and cost — if there is low traffic.
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Hacking Django Channels for Fun (and Profit)
LoudSwarm by Six Feet Up, a Django-based virtual event platform, has always supported Slack for instant, in-app text communication. In addition to Slack, clients were requesting Discord integration, so Six Feet Up’s expert team of developers found a solution.
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