Sign in Subscribe

high content screening

Docker Stacks with Databases

Docker Stacks with Databases

All without installing a thing! Besides docker, of course! When I was first starting getting with docker I had SO MUCH trouble figuring out the connection strings. Once I got it sorted I wrote myself up a series of templates I could refer to. There's no real purpose

Setup a Redis + Python Docker Dev Stack

Setup a Redis + Python Docker Dev Stack

Query a Redis DataStore from a Python Application Redis is one of my favorite technologies to use when I'm building web apps. It's just super. If you haven't used it its sort of like a database, without the structure, and its blazing fast because

Setup a MongoDB + Python Docker Dev Stack

Setup a MongoDB + Python Docker Dev Stack

MongoDB + Python I only just recently jumped on the MongoDBbandwagon, but I really, really like it. To me, working with MongoDB feels so much more natural. It feels like working with code. MongoDB collections are arrays of objects, as opposed to a SQL DB where we kind of make it

Setup a Postgres + Python Docker Dev Stack

Setup a Postgres + Python Docker Dev Stack

Query a Postgres DB from a Python Application By the end of this blog post you will have all the tools you need to query a Postgresdatabase, with some dummy data, from a python application, all without installing a single thing besides docker onto your computer! Learning Curve If you

Setup a MySQL + Python Docker Dev Stack

Setup a MySQL + Python Docker Dev Stack

Learning Curve The Pain The first time I setup an app to connect to a mysql database I spent at least a full hour fiddling with that connection string, before throwing my hands up in frustration and taking a walk. I find walking to be very therapeutic, so I calmed

Creating a Custom CellProfiler Docker Image

Creating a Custom CellProfiler Docker Image

Overview If you've ever worked with scientific software you will know that installing them is not necessarily straightforward. I think this is changing quite a bit with tools like conda and docker, but sometimes we need to just sit down and debug an installation. There is hope here,

Setup PyCharm to use a Project Interpreter in a Docker Compose Service

Setup PyCharm to use a Project Interpreter in a Docker Compose Service

Overview If you are anything like me, you heavily rely on a debugger. Likewise, you install all your development environments into a docker container because installing things on your own computer is FOR THE BIRDS. I cannot tell you what a relief it is to have all my development environments