Articles by Jeff Cogswell
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How to Become a Python Developer
Becoming a Python developer means learning much more than the Python language itself. It means learning how to use an entire set of tools as well as frameworks, which are sets of code written by other developer… -
Amazon Web Services (AWS) SQL Databases: Learn This First
Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers several options for databases—so many, that choosing one can be overwhelming, even for developers skilled in all things AWS. Where do you begin? Today let’s look at the differen… -
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Compute: Which Works Best for You?
You’ve built an amazing web app and you’re ready to deploy it to the cloud. After signing up with Amazon Web Services (AWS), you’re quickly overwhelmed with options for running your app. All these options fall… -
Learning AWS: Custom CloudWatch Metrics From Your App
CloudWatch is the AWS service for gathering data about the resources you’re using. It includes logs and graphs to help you analyze data such as processor and network usage. It’s such a vital part of your AWS wo… -
Going Serverless with AWS Lambda and API Gateway
One of the goals of cloud computing is to minimize the number of resources you need. This isn’t just a matter of eliminating any on-premises servers and drives; cloud-based serverless computing is when you crea… -
Machine Learning on AWS: Getting Started with SageMaker and More
Ready to get started with machine learning (ML) on AWS? ML requires a lot of processing capability, more than you’re likely to have at home. That’s where a cloud platform such as AWS can help. But how do you ge… -
Learning Git: Mastering Remote Repositories (Including GitHub)
In this final installment on learning Git (part one is here, followed by part two and part three), we’re going to cover an important topic: Remote repositories, including GitHub. The whole idea behind Git is th… -
Git: Mastering the Basics of Branch Merging
In the previous two installments (part one is here, followed by part two), we mentioned the concept of merging branches in Git. Let’s go into merging in more detail. When you perform a merge, you effectively me… -
Git: Adding Changes and Checking Status
Although Git is integrated in many different editors, such as Visual Studio Code, it’s important to also know how to use Git from the command line. If you’re new to Git and spend some time in the official docum… -
AWS Database Options: Which Are Best for Your Needs?
Data development is no small part of your typical cloud application, and the choice of which database type and platform to use is something you usually need to decide early on. Let’s explore the database option…