Author: Pictalingo
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Modern Python Web Scraping with Playwright: Handle JavaScript Sites, Waits, and Structured Output
Install Playwright and download browser binaries:
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Python Web Scraping for Real Projects: Requests + BeautifulSoup, Pagination, Retries, and Clean Data Output
We’ll create a small scraper that:
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CI/CD Pipelines in Practice: From “It Builds on My Laptop” to Automatic Tests + Safe Deploys (GitHub Actions)
If you’re a junior/mid web developer, CI/CD can feel like a pile of YAML and mystery. The goal is simpler: every change should be…
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Docker Best Practices for Web Developers: Faster Builds, Safer Images, Smoother Deploys
Docker can feel like magic when it works—and like a black box when it doesn’t. This hands-on guide focuses on practical Docker best practices…
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FastAPI Development in Practice: Clean Project Structure, Dependency Injection, and a Real “Service Layer”
We’ll build a tiny “Tasks” API:
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MySQL Optimization for Web Apps: Indexing, Query Tuning, and Safer Pagination (Hands-On)
All examples work on MySQL 8.x (and mostly on 5.7). We’ll use a realistic scenario: an e-commerce-ish app with orders and users.
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Cloudflare CDN in Practice: Cache Static + Dynamic Content Safely (with Cache Rules & Workers)
A good default rule: cache things that are identical for everyone, and avoid caching anything user-specific.
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Selenium Automation That Doesn’t Flake: A Hands-On Guide for Reliable UI Tests (Python)
Selenium is often a junior developer’s first exposure to end-to-end (E2E) testing—and also their first encounter with “flaky tests.” A test passes locally, fail
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API Testing in Practice: Contract Tests with pytest + Schemathesis (OpenAPI) + a Tiny CI Setup
In this hands-on guide, you’ll build a practical API testing workflow using:
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Build Reusable Angular Components Like a Pro: Inputs, Outputs, Content Projection, and a Real “Form-Friendly” Control
All examples work in a standard Angular project (Angular 15+ recommended, but the patterns are older and stable).