Make your Life Easier with Scripting - Nick Ruffilo (Aer.io) - ebookcraft 2019
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The document discusses the process of learning scripting and automation, emphasizing a positive attitude and the importance of problem-solving skills. It provides a recipe for learning that includes having the desire to learn, asking questions, and breaking tasks down. Additionally, it outlines guidelines for when to automate tasks and introduces several popular scripting languages along with installation resources.
Make your Life Easier with Scripting - Nick Ruffilo (Aer.io) - ebookcraft 2019
- 1. Automate all the things! Scripting made easy By Nick Ruffilo
- 2. Unlocking the secret to learn anything Who has coded before (besides HTML/CSS)? Who has a computer science degree? Who survived algebra? Who has ever written something before? Who here struggles with confidence sometimes?
- 3. It’s all about the attitude
- 4. CHALLENGE TIME! You’re thirsty, but your cup has a hole in it…
- 5. There’s not one right way... It doesn’t have to be optimal… Small piece of tape inverted in the middle of large piece covering the hole Small piece of tape on the inside of the cup Small piece of tape on the outside of the cup Tons of tape reinforcing the tape that is placed going around the entire cup A new cup made entirely out of duct-tape Two people working together to overlap the cups for double protection Drinking straight from the water fountain
- 6. If you’ll let me… I can change your life.
- 7. The recipe for learning ANYTHING new.
- 8. #1 – Want it
- 9. #2 - Know it is possible
- 10. #3 - Ask 1,000,000 Questions
- 11. #4 – Get frustrated, get over it (repeat)
- 12. #5 – Break things down
- 13. Coding is really problem solving + jigsaw puzzles
- 14. Have confidence that you can do it
- 15. Don’t do it alone… Php.net Me: nickruffilo@gmail.com or @nickruffilo on twitter The search engine of your choice A co-worker Books Other People’s Code (GitHub, Stack Overflow, etc…)
- 16. The truth about coding… Other Coding Knowledge Other Coding Knowledge Other Coding Knowledge Other Coding Knowledge Other Coding Knowledge Other Coding Knowle dge Other Coding Knowledge Other Coding Knowledge Other Coding Knowledge Other Coding Knowledge Other Coding Knowle dge Other Coding Knowledge Other Coding Knowledge My Coding Knowledge The Internet
- 17. A good rule… If a task is one-off and will take you less than 20 minutes by hand, don’t automate If a task is repeatable, but will likely takes you less than 5 minutes per week, it’s probably not worth automating If a task is highly repetitive, it’s usually worth automating If a task has very specific conditions, it’s likely worth augmenting (hybrid of automating and manual) Automating something for the first time could take between 10 minutes and 10 hours…
- 18. A note on language Popular Scripting Languages: PHP Python Node (JavaScript) Ruby / Ruby on Rails (RoR) It’s like learning a foreign language Different (but similar) grammar Different words Significantly smaller vocabulary (50? Total keyword/functions/variable types)
- 19. Installation PHP On Mac – Comes preinstalled (version 5.2 – a bit old, but still great) Windows: https://windows.php.net/download#php-7.3 http://kizu514.com/blog/install-php7-and-composer-on-windows-10/ Python on Mac: https://docs.python-guide.org/starting/install3/osx/ Python on Windows: https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/ Image Magick: https://imagemagick.org/script/download.php
- 20. Here’s some pieces that’ll get you started… Reading & Writing to Files Running Commands Basics of Variables Find and Replace
- 21. Lets get coding!