4th June 2021

Coding⚑

Python⚑

Python Snippets⚑

• New: Explain how to convert html code to readable plaintext.

  pip install html2text
  

  import html2text
  html = open("foobar.html").read()
  print(html2text.html2text(html))
  

• New: Explain how to parse a datetime from a string.

  from dateutil import parser
  parser.parse("Aug 28 1999 12:00AM")  # datetime.datetime(1999, 8, 28, 0, 0)
  

Python Mysql⚑

• New: Explain how to interact with MySQL databases with Python.

Arts⚑

Writing⚑

Grammar and Orthography⚑

• New: Explain what collocations are and how to avoid the word very.

  Collocation refers to a natural combination of words that are closely affiliated with each other. They make it easier to avoid overused or ambiguous words like "very", "nice", or "beautiful", by using a pair of words that fit the context better and that have a more precise meaning.