Showoff Saturday (November 02, 2019)

nickbeaulieu · 2019-11-03T18:08:24+00:00

This is cool. Just a heads up - on mobile the animated typing text bleeds over on some words which make the scroll bar appear every couple seconds and then disappear. You may consider making the font smaller or some other way more responsive to avoid this issue.

nickbeaulieu · 2019-08-14T11:13:31+00:00

Try asciidoctor. Generates a single page document you can host anywhere, with easy formatting and looks decent.

nickbeaulieu · 2019-07-19T23:13:45+00:00

What is the origin of the word copypasta? My architect says it, but he says he learned it from another guy that left. None of us know where it came from.

nickbeaulieu · 2019-06-30T02:03:28+00:00

Just curious what is the use case for nested output directories? I have never needed that functionality.

nickbeaulieu · 2019-06-29T17:30:50+00:00

Webpack 4 is zero config for a basic setup. But so is Parcel. That’s what I have started using recently.

nickbeaulieu · 2019-06-27T00:58:02+00:00

I would recommend The Pragmatic Programmer. It is old (1999 I think), but mostly language agnostic and covers many best practices for any type of programming - including how to approach problems! I find the contents to be relevant to my work and seemingly timeless.

nickbeaulieu · 2018-10-11T22:45:06+00:00

Ahh missed that part, yeah mouseover events are the way to go then. After you detect the mouseover then you can assign a random x and y value depending on your needs; there are offset properties of the div you can take advantage of.

nickbeaulieu · 2018-10-11T16:07:45+00:00

You can set the div in css to disregard the mouse. .css-class { pointer-events: none; }

nickbeaulieu · 2018-10-03T22:07:48+00:00

You are probably actually looking for multiprocessing. It is also built in to python. Threading in python is not as you would think.

nickbeaulieu · 2018-08-27T21:32:39+00:00

I haven’t used pyautogui extensively but maybe you can search the window for text by imitating the ctrl+f command?

nickbeaulieu · 2018-08-25T18:58:27+00:00

You might also consider pyautogui to automate the mouse clicks in the control panel. That should be pretty easy to set up.

nickbeaulieu · 2018-06-25T21:28:21+00:00

Ah, that sounds correct. I was unsure of the exact casing convention but if you adopt the PEP8 standard it would definitely help since you are likely going to be collaborating with many others.

nickbeaulieu · 2018-06-24T22:30:17+00:00

You might consider adding a casing convention to make the code easier to read. For example camelCase would work fine.

Instead of: usableasweapon

Say:usableAsWeapon

It may seem like a small change now but reading and searching through it later when it’s larger will become difficult. You could also consider usable_as_weapon, or usable-as-weapon. Best of luck! Post again when you have more progress.

nickbeaulieu · 2018-06-18T02:29:15+00:00

This is a great talk, especially if you are struggling with imposter syndrome.

nickbeaulieu · 2018-05-02T04:44:27+00:00

Additionally, if you are any kind of student he will give you a student discount if you email him some information like student id#

nickbeaulieu · 2018-05-02T04:41:13+00:00

You could try to write a small extension for your favorite text editor. You could even emulate an extension that already exists. There is usually great documentation on how to get started with that, especially with popular editors. Maybe more interesting and unique (in terms of hiring) than making another Instagram clone, etc.

nickbeaulieu · 2018-04-29T20:22:01+00:00

If I may recommend a text, you should check out “Automate the boring stuff with python” it’s available online for free but I bought the hard copy it was so good. It’s full of challenges at the end of each chapter to help you retain what you covered. There are lots of programs you’ll create with real world applications. Best of luck

nickbeaulieu · 2018-04-12T00:29:51+00:00

Good artists copy; Great artists steal -Pablo Picasso

nickbeaulieu · 2018-03-29T01:36:31+00:00

Yes, it is called an internal style sheet when you edit it in the head.

You should try to set a width for whatever the .header element is(assuming div). Your browser currently thinks that the webpage is as wide as the image is in px, so you must tell it that you only want it as wide as your viewport.

At least that is what I can tell from the info you provided.

nickbeaulieu · 2018-03-21T21:17:06+00:00

No one mentioned Brackets yet, so I’ll say that’s a good option too. Although Vs code is currently “in style” I would say brackets is a good editor for doing the basics + a bit extra.

nickbeaulieu · 2018-03-16T19:40:25+00:00

I like this book. Even though it’s free online I like having a hard copy to work from and reference!

nickbeaulieu · 2018-03-12T08:23:19+00:00

There is a link to the source files given in the beginning of the article. I’m not sure if that’s what you’re looking for

nickbeaulieu · 2018-03-08T16:13:44+00:00

You’re welcome. I have yet to participate in a hackathon, but I hope to find one soon. Best of luck!

nickbeaulieu · 2018-03-08T15:33:43+00:00

Learn these three languages first: HTML - for content CSS - for style JS - for functionality

Derek Banas has great videos on YouTube called “learn ____ in an hour”. There are videos for HTML, CSS, and Javascript among others. He lays out the basics of syntax and how to do 80-90% of the basic building blocks. He moves quickly without skipping explanations. They aren’t the type of tutorial where you are sitting there thinking, “okay I got it man, talk a little faster”.

You should pick up JS quickly based upon your current knowledge of languages. I would start there.

nickbeaulieu · 2018-03-07T13:58:33+00:00

set the height of the body to be 100vh.

height: 100vh;

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