All posts by Raymond Daugherty
Functions in Python
Functions have notoriously been a difficult concept to grasp for me as a self-taught “developer”. So, In order for me to better understand how functions… ummm… function(?), I’ll try my best to explain how I think functions process information. Here’s the “How to change a tire” program I’m going to use to explain the process:…
The Fibonacci Sequence in Python
The Fibonacci Sequence. For those that don’t know what it is, it’s a sequence of numbers where you start with the number 1, duplicate it, then add the 2 previous numbers together to make the third. for example: 1+1=2, so the first 3 digits of the sequence are 1, 1, 2. There are a lot…
Building a WAMP Stack for Web Development
WAMP is an acronym for W(indows) A(pache) M(ySQL) P(hp). This is a personal server configuration for those of us that want to develop web applications locally (on your own machine) before handing them off to a potentially better managed web server hosting company.
Clean Code
Even though you have a deadline, always keep code clean.If you have clean code, you’ll save time in the future altering and updating code.
The Beginning
Hey all (or Hi to the 1 person who actually stumbled across this with searching for something else and accidentally clicked on this link). This is my first attempt at creating a blog. I’ve thought about doing one for years (since I’ve been a web designer for over a decade so it should have been…