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How to Use and Understand Action Objects and the cloud provider API — step-by-step Programming tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use and Understand Action Objects and the cloud provider API

In version two of the cloud provider API, each event that occurs creates [an “Action” object](https://www.progressiverobot.com/). These serve both as records of events that have occurred in the past and as a way to check the progress of an on-going event. From creating a new Droplet to transferring an image to a new region, an Action object will provide you with useful information about the event. This article will explain Action objects and show how they can be used in practice.

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How To Build a Slackbot in Python on Ubuntu 20.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Build a Slackbot in Python on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial you will build a Slackbot in the Python programming language. As a fun proof-of-concept that will demonstrate the power of Python and its Slack APIs, you will build a `CoinBot`–a Slackbot that monitors a channel and, when triggered, will flip a coin and give you the results. You can then modify your `CoinBot` to fulfill any number of _slightly_ more practical applications.

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How To Handle CPU-Bound Tasks with Web Workers — step-by-step Javascript tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Handle CPU-Bound Tasks with Web Workers

In this tutorial, you will create a CPU-bound task that blocks the main thread in the browser and observe how it affects the web app. You will then unsuccessfully attempt to make a CPU-bound task non-blocking using promises. Finally, you will create a Web Worker to offload a CPU-bound task to another thread to prevent it from blocking the main thread.

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How To Set Up a GraphQL Server in Node.js with Apollo Server and Sequelize — step-by-step Databases tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up a GraphQL Server in Node.js with Apollo Server and Sequelize

GraphQL is a specification and therefore language agnostic. When it comes GraphQL development with Node.js, there are various options available ranging from `graphql-js`, `express-graphql`, to `apollo-server`. In this tutorial, you will get a fully featured GraphQL server up and running in Node.js with Apollo Server. We will also see how to integrate a database with a GraphQL server using Sequelize.

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Создание бота Slackbot на Python в Ubuntu 20.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Создание бота Slackbot на Python в Ubuntu 20.04

Автор выбрал Tech Education Fund для получения пожертвования в рамках программы Write for DOnations. Slack — это коммуникационная платформа, предназначенная для продуктивной…

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How To Display Data from the cloud provider API with Django — step-by-step Python tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Display Data from the cloud provider API with Django

Django is a web framework written in Python. Django has been used in websites such as Mozilla, Pinterest and Instagram. You can use Django to display information from APIs (such as Instagram posts or GitHub repositories) in your own websites and web apps. In this tutorial you will build a Django project that will display your cloud account’s Droplet information using the cloud provider’s API. When you complete this tutorial, you will be able use APIs in your own Django projects.

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