new bokeh, static site generators and serverless resources

mattmakai · mattmakai · commit 82a227519c61 · 2018-05-12T19:29:46.000-04:00
diff --git a/content/pages/01-introduction/01-learning-programming.markdown b/content/pages/01-introduction/01-learning-programming.markdown
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ repositories and sites with practice problems and solutions:
   is an awesome [Jupyter Notebook](/jupyter-notebook.html) to learn and
   test your data structures and algorithms knowledge in Python.
 
+* [Kindling project](https://nedbatchelder.com/text/kindling.html)
+  provides a wonderful list of resources that challenge beginners with
+  programming problems that beginners can solve to grow their skills.
+
 * [Python Programming Exercises](http://joaoventura.net/static/files/python_exercises_book.pdf)
   is a free short PDF book with exercises across many standard Python 
   language features such as dictionaries, classes and functions.
diff --git a/content/pages/03-data/21-bokeh.markdown b/content/pages/03-data/21-bokeh.markdown
@@ -57,11 +57,19 @@ basic syntax will change as the library's API is not yet stable.
   is a tutorial that combines the [Bottle](/bottle.html) 
   [web framework](/web-frameworks.html)
 
+* [Building Bullet Graphs and Waterfall Charts with Bokeh](http://pbpython.com/bokeh-bullet-waterfall.html)
+  covers buildings two types of useful visualizations into your applications
+  using Bokeh.
+
 * [Integrating Pandas, Django REST Framework and Bokeh](http://www.machinalis.com/blog/pandas-django-rest-framework-bokeh/)
   has a full example of integrating a 
   [web API](/application-programming-interfaces.html) with a Bokeh
   front end visual.
 
+* [Interactive Visualization of Australian Wine Ratings](http://pbpython.com/wine_visualization.html)
+  builds a non-trivial visualization with a nice sample set of data based
+  on wine ratings.
+
 * [Visualization with Bokeh](http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2016/07/27/python-visualization-with-bokeh/)
 
 * [Using Bokeh at NIST](https://www.continuum.io/blog/developer-blog/using-bokeh-nist)
diff --git a/content/pages/04-web-development/34-static-site-generator.markdown b/content/pages/04-web-development/34-static-site-generator.markdown
@@ -185,6 +185,11 @@ provide a unique angle on how to use a static site generator.
   data source backend. This approach is an alternative to using a 
   purpose-built static website generator such as Pelican, Lektor or MkDocs.
 
+* [Building A Serverless Contact Form For Your Static Site](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/05/building-serverless-contact-form-static-website/)
+  shows how to use [HTML](/hypertext-markup-language-html.html) and 
+  [JavaScript](/javascript.html) deployed to [AWS Lambda](/aws-lambda.html)
+  to collect input with a form on a static site.
+
 
 ### Static site deployment resources
 Deploying a static site is far less complicated than a 
@@ -208,8 +213,8 @@ deployment.
 
 * Google Cloud provides a tutorial on how to use them to 
   [host your static site](https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/hosting-static-website).
-  Note that you cannot currently use HTTPS on Google Storage servers, which is a huge
-  downside.
+  Note that you cannot currently use HTTPS on Google Storage servers, which is a 
+  major downside.
 
 * [Deploying a Static Blog with Continuous Integration](https://www.loxodrome.io/post/hugo-on-ci/)
   uses a Hugo (a Golang-based static site generator) generated site
diff --git a/content/pages/05-deployment/38-serverless.markdown b/content/pages/05-deployment/38-serverless.markdown
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ out how to structure and operate serverless applications.
   changed as new options such as [PaaS](/platform-as-a-service.html) 
   have become widespread.
 
+* [Lessons Learned — A Year Of Going “Fully Serverless” In Production](https://hackernoon.com/lessons-learned-a-year-of-going-fully-serverless-in-production-3d7e0d72213f)
+  is a retrospective from a small development team that combines a static 
+  site with serverless backend code to easily scale their site without an 
+  operations staff. They discuss the good and the bad of working in this
+  fashion while generally coming away with a positive experience.
+
 * [What's this serverless thing, anyway?](https://read.acloud.guru/whats-this-serverless-thing-anyway-b101cb72c7e6)
 
 * [Serverless architectures - let's ditch the servers?](https://codeahoy.com/2016/06/25/serverless-architectures-lets-ditch-the-servers/)
@@ -127,6 +133,12 @@ out how to structure and operate serverless applications.
   serverless so these strengths and weaknesses may change as the
   architectures and good practices evolve.
 
+* [Building A Serverless Contact Form For Your Static Site](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/05/building-serverless-contact-form-static-website/)
+  uses [AWS Lambda](/aws-lambda.html), some 
+  [HTML](/hypertext-markup-language-html.html) and 
+  [JavaScript](/javascript.html) to add an input form to a static
+  [website created by a static site generator](/static-site-generator.html).
+
 * [Cloud first, serverless second](https://hackernoon.com/cloud-first-serverless-second-1c086f282326)
 
 * [Serverless architectures, five design patterns](https://thenewstack.io/serverless-architecture-five-design-patterns/)
