Software Development and Programming Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

Any docker experts on here?

Docker kicked my butt this week.

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

Docker kicked my butt this week.

What problems did you have?

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

What problems did you have?

Docker container wouldn't start. The backend started but couldn't get the frontend going. Turns out it was a difference in mongodb commands between systems. And then on top of that, I had the Ubuntu version of mongodb, instead of the actual version. And it was creating a conflict between mongodb and mongorestore (which I didn't realize are 2 different things now). So because I had the ubuntu version, when I installed mongorestore the first time, it corrupted my mongo installation. So I had to purge it from my system and install the actual official version of it. Once I did that, I was finally able to get my mongo going. From that, the team lead was able to give me a command with the proper arguments to get everything else going.





tldr
It was basically a versioning issue.

 

[TheAnointedOne]

I've been trying out Tauri. It let's you use html/css/js to make desktop apps but with a rust backend. More performant/safe than electronjs.



I feel dirty touching JS though....

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

so its me and this other dude working together and when I first met him, I thought he was a much better programmer than me cause he was doing it longer and already knew about the backend and all of that.

But over the last couple days, he's been coming to me asking for help for things that he can't figure out.

What does it mean? am I better than I thought I was?

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

so its me and this other dude working together and when I first met him, I thought he was a much better programmer than me cause he was doing it longer and already knew about the backend and all of that.

But over the last couple days, he's been coming to me asking for help for things that he can't figure out.

What does it mean? am I better than I thought I was?

The average employee anywhere is not particularly good at what they do. Doesn't matter the industry. If you're even moderately competent then you're already a step ahead. shyt, these people are still struggling to figure out how to screen share half the time. So yes, you're better than you thought you were, and as long as you have even the slightest ability to troubleshoot or seek answers to questions on your own, you'll be head and shoulders above 90% of your peers.

 

[Sonny Bonds]

In my code, the print(f"User: {device['user']}") line gives me:

User: {'email': 'sonnyb@company.com', 'name': 'Sonny Bonds', 'id': 323, 'is_archived': Null}

How do I print out just the name value? I feel stupid and I feel like I always run into this issue with APIs.

import requests
import json
url = "https://subdomain.clients.us-1.kandji.io/api/v1/devices"
payload={}
headers = {
'Authorization': 'Bearer APIKEYGOESHERE'
}
response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers, data=payload)
data = response.json()
for device in data:
print("------------------------------------------------------------")
print(f"Device: {device['device_name']}")
print(f"Model: {device['model']}")
print(f"Serial Number: {device['serial_number']}")
print(f"Platform: {device['platform']}")
print(f"OS Version: {device['os_version']}")
print(f"Last Check In: {device['last_check_in']}")
print(f"User: {device['user']}")
print(f"Blueprint: {device['blueprint_name']}")
print(f"Last Check In: {device['last_check_in']}")
print("------------------------------------------------------------")

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

In my code, the print(f"User: {device['user']}") line gives me:



How do I print out just the name value? I feel stupid and I feel like I always run into this issue with APIs.

Should be able to just do device['user']['name'].

 

[Sonny Bonds]

Should be able to just do device['user']['name'].

That's what I thought, but when I tried it, I got:
TypeError: string indices must be integers, not 'str'

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

That's what I thought, but when I tried it, I got:
TypeError: string indices must be integers, not 'str'

Ah I see. device['user'] is a string and not a JSON object. I don't remember the python library but maybe doing a user = json.loads (device['user']). That should turn that string into a dict, basically, then you should be able to access the individual fields.

 

[Regular Developer]

so its me and this other dude working together and when I first met him, I thought he was a much better programmer than me cause he was doing it longer and already knew about the backend and all of that.

But over the last couple days, he's been coming to me asking for help for things that he can't figure out.

What does it mean? am I better than I thought I was?

My manager sometimes asks me to look over his code or do a mini code review with him. I don't think much of these things. But if it helps you be more confident in your coding ability, then hopefully thats the take away. Just stay humble with it, cause as soon as you think your the goat, a situation pops up to make you feel stupid...or least for me, lol

 

[Regular Developer]

Ah I see. device['user'] is a string and not a JSON object. I don't remember the python library but maybe doing a user = json.loads (device['user']). That should turn that string into a dict, basically, then you should be able to access the individual fields.

Yup, good call:

Read, Write and Parse JSON using Python - GeeksforGeeks

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www.geeksforgeeks.org

 

[Sonny Bonds]

Ah I see. device['user'] is a string and not a JSON object. I don't remember the python library but maybe doing a user = json.loads (device['user']). That should turn that string into a dict, basically, then you should be able to access the individual fields.

Thanks.

I'm going to fandangle a way to use Python in every project at work. I'm not stopping this time.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

My manager sometimes asks me to look over his code or do a mini code review with him. I don't think much of these things. But if it helps you be more confident in your coding ability, then hopefully thats the take away. Just stay humble with it, cause as soon as you think your the goat, a situation pops up to make you feel stupid...or least for me, lol

I believe you. I wasn't saying it as a "im finally here " moment. Just as a "i thought I was absolutely trash as a programmer, but maybe not" moment.

 

[Sonny Bonds]

Ah I see. device['user'] is a string and not a JSON object. I don't remember the python library but maybe doing a user = json.loads (device['user']). That should turn that string into a dict, basically, then you should be able to access the individual fields.

Yup, good call:

Read, Write and Parse JSON using Python - GeeksforGeeks

A Computer Science portal for geeks. It contains well written, well thought and well explained computer science and programming articles, quizzes and practice/competitive programming/company interview Questions.

www.geeksforgeeks.org

if (type(user)) == dict:
print(user['name'])
else:
continue