This Gatsby Google Analytics guide will take you through step by step on how to get Analytics 4.0 running on your GatsbyJS website using the Gtag plugin. This Gatsby Google Analytics setup covers all essential steps including: creating your Google Analytics account, obtaining your measurement ID, installing and configuring the […]
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Perform powerful automated checks on repository files | Using GitHub Actions ✔️
What are GitHub Actions? GitHub Actions are a powerful feature of the GitHub platform, providing methods to automate workflows and allow better monitoring and management of repositories. From a repository maintainer perspective, GitHub Actions are an essential tool that should be used where possible to ease the process of keeping […]
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Using GPG keys on GitHub: Creating and updating expired keys
What is a GPG key and why use it? GPG or Gnu Privacy Guard is a cryptography implementation used to secure the transfer of data between two locations. GPG encryption techniques use libraries from the Open Pretty Good Privacy (OpenPGP) standard. GPG keys Encryption techniques like GPG ensures data can […]
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Scheduling commands on Linux using crontab: A step by step guide
Often when developing a program involving automation we want to schedule when and how often the program will run. This can be achieved easily on Linux systems using the crontab utility. Crontab let’s you set a schedule for commands you want to run by setting the date, time and frequency […]
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Sending emails with Python: Quick and easy guide
This is a quick and easy guide on sending emails with python. You’ll learn how to send an email from your email server to any email address. We’ll go through how to send emails containing plain text, an image and a HTML styled message.
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Github API use case: Automate git local and remote repo setup with Python
The Github API provides an interface that allows performing functions and retrieving data from Github through a software application. This is useful for automating actions we often perform on the Github website. What better way to get used to Github API using a practical example! We’ll go through how to […]
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Learn web scraping with Python in minutes: The basics using selenium
If you’re looking for a super simple, quick, yet comprehensive introduction to web scraping, you’ve come to the right place. What will you learn? This is a beginners guide to learn web scraping using the selenium python package. No previous knowledge of web scraping is needed, although you need some […]
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Git SSH keys simplified and how to setup on GitHub
Git allows you to manage and track changes to your source files. Git is often used in group projects, where a remote git repository such as one hosted on Github, acts as the central point for each team member to submit changes to the source code and view other team […]
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