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Free Code Camp progress 6/6/2020
Applied Accessibility component of Responsive Web Design with Free Code Camp is now complete.
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Adding emblems to files
I have a large number of photos that I am slowly uploading to my Mastodon account. However this presents a problem, how to identify and keep track which photos have been uploaded.
I found a solution to this, the XFCE desktop in Debian allows small icons (called emblems) to be added to file icons, this helps to identify different files, but there seems to be quite a few more uses for this.
So in this context, you can add an emblem as follows
Image icons will now display the selected emblem.
Hopefully this is helpful. Even in a different context.
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Free Code Camp progress 4/6/2020
I have spent the last few days, working though Applied Accessibility, which is the forth component of Responsive Web Design.
I needed to ask for some help on the date/time activity. I therefore wrote this post while waiting. In true fashion, within about an hour I had an answer from the FreeCodeCamp forum. Turns out I had an errant space and period in my code.
I am roughly 50% of the way through so making good progress.
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Notepad project
A few years ago, I wrote a small notepad program in Python2. I am sharing this here, along with a git repository on https://salsa.debian.org.
The program is still pretty basic, but does have features such as convert text to Hex, display as ROT13 encoded, add in date / time. Probably not that useful but more of a proof of concept.
Feel free to contribute to the project however
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Debian Admin Handbook
The latest edition of the Debian Administrator's handbook, which covers the latest release Debian 10 (Buster) has been released.
You can download or view online.
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FreeCodeCamp Python Tutorials
Free Code Camp offers a range of courses, but also a huge number of other resources and tutorials to help with learning.
To follow on from yesterdays Code Club Python post, here is a link to the Free Code Camp page for Python Tutorials
Hopefully some of this will help take your learning further.
Resources
CodeCademy Python
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SpaceX Docking
Following yesterdays successful SpaceX launch, the Dragon Module is due to dock with the ISS later on today at about 14:30 GMT (15:30 BST).
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Future skills with free code camp
As with a previous article, I have said that digital skills are essential. With the current lock down looking like it will be with us for several months, perhaps now is the time to think about updating your digital skills or learn something new.
Free Code Camp [1] offers hours of programming tutorials plus free interactive certification courses in :-
Each of these offers about 300 hours of learning, each then offers a set of challenges to help test what you have been learning. You can gain a certificate to recognise your achievement(s).
Fig 1: One of the lessons from the HTML Module
You can sign up, and login to Free Code Camp using ether your Facebook, Google, or Github account credentials.
Once you are signed up and signed in, the system will track of your progress, and you can carry on from where you left off. If you get stuck with any of the exercises then you can view a video, get a hint or ask on the excellent forums where you will find a really helpful community.
With Free Code Camp, you can learn some very useful skills, when combined this with the other resources that are available on the website and on the internet in general, there is the potential to learn even more.
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NASA SpaceX Launch Saturday
Live coverage of the rescheduled NASA Space X launch.
You may need Google Chrome to watch this.
Note: A the time of writing this countdown is at about 00:01:16:18
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Free Code Camp – Visual Design 7
Now fully completed Applied Visual Design module with FreeCodeCamp so have now reached 100% of the way through the module
On onto Applied Accessibility next
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