Tag: Python

  • Writing my Python Marvel API Wrapper Part 2: Requests

    Writing my Python Marvel API Wrapper Part 2: Requests

    With my structure largely in place I was now ready to add functionality. To make things a little easier on me, I’ve decided to use the wonderful Requests Python library. It makes it significantly easier to make requests and handle responses, because it does all the heavy lifting for you. Discoveries I quickly discovered there’s…

  • Writing my Python Marvel API Wrapper Part 1: Structure

    Writing my Python Marvel API Wrapper Part 1: Structure

    A little while ago, Marvel released an API that allows you to get information on just about anything related to Marvel comic books. Be it a first appearance of a character, what series a specific writer was responsible for, or which characters were part of specific events in the Marvel universe, you can most likely…

  • Learning Python the hard way, Day 1

    A recent development at work has been a shift away from WordPress to build our websites. After giving Drupal a shot, we’re about to start a project using Django. Since I had plans to learn Python regardless(see last year’s Cheffism Episode IV: A New Look), this was the perfect excuse to actually get started on…