Viewing Pandas DataFrame in VS Code

In this post I will show you how to access the Data viewer which is a useful tool to review, sort and filter data within a Pandas DataFrame. Required VS Code Extension If you have not already done so, add the Python extension for Visual Studio Code from Microsoft. Code Sample In the code example […]

Django: Using an Oracle database

This post will show you how to configure a Django application to use an Oracle database. Demo overview The goal of the Django project is to store episode information for the crime fiction television series Columbo. What you will need To build this demo I used the following: VS Code 1.5.6 Django 3.2.3 Python 3.9.1 Oracle Database […]

Oracle Apex: Passing a value from a report to a database procedure

This post explains how to pass a value from a Apex classic report to a database procedure. Following a discussion of the objective and a high level overview, the post concludes with a practical demonstration. The example used throughout the post was built using using Apex 19.1 and Oracle Database 19 but this technique should work […]

DAKboard: Raspberry Pi cron tips

When setting up a Raspberry Pi to be used as a DAKboard you may want to ensure that some tasks happen on a regular basis. The cron job scheduler can be used to achieve this and in this post I will show you how you can schedule turning the display off and restarting the Raspberry […]

Python Regular expressions in four steps

This post shows you how to use Regular expressions in Python. Step 1 Import There is no native support within Python for Regular expressions so the first step is to import the re module Step 2 Compile The next step is to compile the Regular expression. The compile method accepts a Regular expression and returns […]