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India’s New Education Policy (NEP 2020) — Key Points
(Cross-post from schooldesk.io) A New Education Policy (NEP) for India was approved by the Union Cabinet on 29 July 2020. The policy is forward-looking, inclusive, the right amount of idealistic, and very much doable. There are big changes to the current system in this policy and these are being received very positively by most people,…
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Reading and Writing Excel (xlsx) files with Python
Jan 2021 Update For Writing: use xlsxwriter (don’t use xlwt, it doesn’t support xlsx format.)For Reading: use openpyxl (xlrd removed the support for xlsx in Dec 2020 due to security concerns.)
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Setting up Django on Windows IIS Server
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Why, When, and How to use Celery with Python
“Celery is an asynchronous task queue based on distributed message passing.” Let’s break that down:
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Setting up a Python Virtual Environment for Web Development
Virtual Environments are helpful in keeping all the dependencies (packages), required for a Python project, in one place. So you can avoid issues with conflicting dependencies when working on different projects simultaneously. For instance, one major use case is when you want to run different Python versions like 2.7, 3.5, and 3.6 on the same…
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MongoDb Quick Reference Sheet (Printable)
I created a MongoDB pdf reference sheet. Here’s the link to the PDF (my only Medium post as of now, it’s got some ‘likes’) — https://medium.com/@nitinnain/mongodb-quick-reference-sheet-printable-a30435e191ac
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Django’s Request-Response Cycle
Understanding the Request-Response Cycle is a crucial step in setting up for any WebServer. An example of the request-response cycle is when you “request” a web page by entering a URL in your browser and a web server sends a web page as ‘response’ to your browser. Of course, there’re usually several HTTP requests that…
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Quick Monitor Buying Guide
Deciding the screen size You ought to consider the right physical size in inches with the screen resolution — deviating too much from the following chart would either make the screen too pixelated or you might find the default font size to be too small.
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Essential Tips for WordPress Admins and Editors
(This post supposes that you have a working WordPress site already and now want to improve the content and design for the site.) You’ll first need a login for your WordPress site. The login is most probably at example.com/wp-login. Most articles on “Getting started with WordPress” begin with setting up WordPress on a server, or…