Hi, I’m Paul.

Father. Husband. Vinyl Music Lover. Technology Enthusiast. Football fan. Python student.

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3 min read Python, MLBPool2, Pyramid

It was a good week for Python and me. In no particular order: MLBPool2 I pushed a major re-write of MLBPool2 to production just days before the baseball season ended. Why didn’t I wait until the baseball season was over before pushing a major update? Because MySportsFeeds this summer upgraded their API from 1.x to 2.0 and it included a big change to how they track team standings, especially playoff standings.

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8 min read Python, NFLPool

tl;dr: I don’t get testing, but thanks to Talk Python I’m starting to put it together. If you’ve taken both the Python for Entrepreneurs course and the Building Data Driven Web Apps with Pyramid this might help you write tests using the Python for Entrepreneurs code. And if you’ve taken courses at Talk Python, take advantage of the office hours! I don’t get testing in Python at all. I don’t have a computer science degree and Python is a hobby for me.

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1 min read Python, NFLPool

Alternative title: There is No Offseason (or writing my Python apps never ends and that’s ok) The blogging might slow down some, but the coding never stops. Ok, well maybe a little. After creating and launching MLBPool2 this past spring, I took a small break and then back at it for the upcoming season of NFLPool. I have two big goals for NFLPool before the 2018 season starts: Fix the time / timezone issue where a player tried to submit his picks before the first game of the season started to, but was denied.

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2 min read Python

Humble Bundle has done it again. They’ve released an awesome bundle of Python trainings, books and tools all for a low price and also supports charity! Included in the bundle are three trainings from Talk Python (which I’ve already raved about a lot). I’ve been an ardent supporter of Talk Python trainings and have recommended them numerous times on the Python subreddits, and usually get comments that they’re so expensive (when compared to Udemy’s “sale prices” of $13).

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3 min read Python

When I first learned to work with Pyramid thanks to the Talk Python course Python for Entrepreneurs, I used the account registration system directly from the course for NFLPool. When I wrote MLBPool2, I augmented it to require the user to use a much stronger password than the course taught. (You can see the original code from NFLPool here). In MLBPool2, I required the user to use a password between 8 and 24 characters and it must have at least one lowercase letter, at least one upper case letter, a number, and a symbol:

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Projects

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MLBPool2

A fantasy baseball like application written in Python and built with Pyramid to track and report MLB season pool picks and points for league play.

NFLPool

A fantasy football like application written in Python and built with Pyramid to track and report NFL season pool picks and points for league play.

Stone Open

The website for the annual Stone Open charity golf tournament.

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