Skip to content

Commit 61779d6

Browse files
mattmakaimattmakai
committed
modifying learning resources
1 parent c2750a0 commit 61779d6

5 files changed

Lines changed: 41 additions & 37 deletions

File tree

‎best-python-resources.html‎

Lines changed: 5 additions & 3 deletions
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -42,10 +42,12 @@ <h1>Best Python Resources</h1>
4242
<p>The Python community is amazing at sharing detailed resources and helping
4343
beginners learn to program with the language. There's so many resources
4444
out there though that it can be difficult to know how to find them. </p>
45-
<p>This page aggregates the absolute best Python resources and explains from
46-
my biased perspective the best way to use each one. This is the list I wish
47-
I had when I was learning the language.</p>
45+
<p>This page aggregates the best Python resources with a brief description of
46+
its one's learning purpose.</p>
4847
<h2>New to programming</h2>
48+
<p>If you're learning your first programming language these books were written
49+
with you in mind. Developers learning Python as a second or later language
50+
should skip down to the next section for "experienced developers".</p>
4951
<ul>
5052
<li>
5153
<p>To get an introduction to both Python and Django at the same time, purchase

‎databases.html‎

Lines changed: 16 additions & 14 deletions
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -160,21 +160,23 @@ <h2>Object-Relational Mapping</h2>
160160
Currently, the most widely used stand-alone ORM written for Python is
161161
<a href="http://www.sqlalchemy.org/">SQLAlchemy</a>.</p>
162162
<h2>Database third-party services</h2>
163-
<p>Numerous companies run scalable database servers as a hosted service.
164-
Depending on the provider, there can be several advantages to using a
165-
hosted database third-party service:</p>
166-
<ol>
167-
<li>automated backups and recovery</li>
168-
<li>tightened security configurations</li>
169-
<li>easy vertical scaling</li>
170-
</ol>
171-
<p><a href="http://aws.amazon.com/rds/">Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)</a>
172-
provides pre-configured MySQL and PostgreSQL instances. The instances can
173-
be scaled to larger or smaller configurations based on storage and performance
174-
needs.</p>
163+
<p>Numerous companies run scalable database servers as a hosted service.
164+
Hosted databases can often provide automated backups and recovery,
165+
tightened security configurations and easy vertical scaling, depending on the
166+
provider.</p>
167+
<ul>
168+
<li>
169+
<p><a href="http://aws.amazon.com/rds/">Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)</a>
170+
provides pre-configured MySQL and PostgreSQL instances. The instances can
171+
be scaled to larger or smaller configurations based on storage and performance
172+
needs.</p>
173+
</li>
174+
<li>
175175
<p><a href="https://developers.google.com/cloud-sql/">Google Cloud SQL</a> is a service
176-
with managed, backed up, replicated, and auto-patched MySQL instances. Cloud
177-
SQL integrates with Google App Engine but can be used independently as well.</p>
176+
with managed, backed up, replicated, and auto-patched MySQL instances. Cloud
177+
SQL integrates with Google App Engine but can be used independently as well.</p>
178+
</li>
179+
</ul>
178180
<h2>Database resources</h2>
179181
<ul>
180182
<li>

‎feeds/all.atom.xml‎

Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
11
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
2-
<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><title>Matt Makai</title><link href="http://www.fullstackpython.com/" rel="alternate"></link><link href="http://www.fullstackpython.com/feeds/all.atom.xml" rel="self"></link><id>http://www.fullstackpython.com/</id><updated>2014-07-27T05:29:36Z</updated></feed>
2+
<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><title>Matt Makai</title><link href="http://www.fullstackpython.com/" rel="alternate"></link><link href="http://www.fullstackpython.com/feeds/all.atom.xml" rel="self"></link><id>http://www.fullstackpython.com/</id><updated>2014-07-27T05:34:01Z</updated></feed>

‎source/content/pages/04-data/0401-databases.markdown‎

Lines changed: 13 additions & 16 deletions
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -144,22 +144,19 @@ Currently, the most widely used stand-alone ORM written for Python is
144144

145145

146146
## Database third-party services
147-
Numerous companies run scalable database servers as a hosted service.
148-
Depending on the provider, there can be several advantages to using a
149-
hosted database third-party service:
150-
151-
1. automated backups and recovery
152-
2. tightened security configurations
153-
3. easy vertical scaling
154-
155-
[Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)](http://aws.amazon.com/rds/)
156-
provides pre-configured MySQL and PostgreSQL instances. The instances can
157-
be scaled to larger or smaller configurations based on storage and performance
158-
needs.
159-
160-
[Google Cloud SQL](https://developers.google.com/cloud-sql/) is a service
161-
with managed, backed up, replicated, and auto-patched MySQL instances. Cloud
162-
SQL integrates with Google App Engine but can be used independently as well.
147+
Numerous companies run scalable database servers as a hosted service.
148+
Hosted databases can often provide automated backups and recovery,
149+
tightened security configurations and easy vertical scaling, depending on the
150+
provider.
151+
152+
* [Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)](http://aws.amazon.com/rds/)
153+
provides pre-configured MySQL and PostgreSQL instances. The instances can
154+
be scaled to larger or smaller configurations based on storage and performance
155+
needs.
156+
157+
* [Google Cloud SQL](https://developers.google.com/cloud-sql/) is a service
158+
with managed, backed up, replicated, and auto-patched MySQL instances. Cloud
159+
SQL integrates with Google App Engine but can be used independently as well.
163160

164161

165162
## Database resources

‎source/content/pages/10-misc/1001-best-python-resources.markdown‎

Lines changed: 6 additions & 3 deletions
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -21,12 +21,15 @@ The Python community is amazing at sharing detailed resources and helping
2121
beginners learn to program with the language. There's so many resources
2222
out there though that it can be difficult to know how to find them.
2323

24-
This page aggregates the absolute best Python resources and explains from
25-
my biased perspective the best way to use each one. This is the list I wish
26-
I had when I was learning the language.
24+
This page aggregates the best Python resources with a brief description of
25+
its one's learning purpose.
2726

2827

2928
## New to programming
29+
If you're learning your first programming language these books were written
30+
with you in mind. Developers learning Python as a second or later language
31+
should skip down to the next section for "experienced developers".
32+
3033
* To get an introduction to both Python and Django at the same time, purchase
3134
[Real Python](http://www.realpython.com/) by Fletcher, Michael, and Jeremy.
3235

0 commit comments

Comments
 (0)