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Technologies to learn to become a Back End Developer (Python/Django)

  • Linux - be proficient using Ubuntu for example and the CLI and understand how the shell works, what are environment variables, subshells, processes/tasks, etc...
  • Docker (and docker-compose) - what are containers and how they work (conceptually) and how to create and run ones
  • Git - what does version control system mean and how to use Git
  • RDB (relational databases) - what are relational databases, and understand tables, how to create them and make relations between them as needed... also understand that through SQLite and PostgreSQL (preferred) or MySQL
  • Python - how to write Python very well and understand its [OOP] implementation...
  • Virtualenv - And how to create virtual environments for python to isolate it from the system's installed version...
  • Virtualenvwrapper to manage virtual environments easily

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@benbacardi
benbacardi / gist:227f924ec1d9bedd242b
Last active May 12, 2024 09:55
Django reverse with a querystring
from django.utils.http import urlencode
def reverse_querystring(view, urlconf=None, args=None, kwargs=None, current_app=None, query_kwargs=None):
'''Custom reverse to handle query strings.
Usage:
reverse('app.views.my_view', kwargs={'pk': 123}, query_kwargs={'search': 'Bob'})
'''
base_url = reverse(view, urlconf=urlconf, args=args, kwargs=kwargs, current_app=current_app)
if query_kwargs:
return '{}?{}'.format(base_url, urlencode(query_kwargs))
@jasny
jasny / flip.js
Created March 27, 2014 13:32
Turn text upside down with JavaScript
//this script is based on coding by Reverse Fad http://www.revfad.com
function flip() {
var result = flipString(document.f.original.value.toLowerCase());
document.f.flipped.value = result;
}
function flipString(aString) {
var last = aString.length - 1;
var result = new Array(aString.length)
for (var i = last; i >= 0; --i) {
var c = aString.charAt(i)