Robert Engler

Writing about Python, AWS, and programming things.

How to Get the Traceback of an Exception Outside of the Exception Block in Python

How to get the proper traceback message of an exception that has been caught and stored for use outside of the exception block (in python).

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Custom Bracket Colors in VS Code's Built-In Bracket Colorizer

VS Code now has built-in bracket colorization (as of version 1.6). This means you no longer need the "Bracket Colorizer 2" extension! Missing from the Release Notes is how to set custom colors! Here's how to set your own custom bracket colors.

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How to Capture Network Traffic When Scraping with Selenium & Python

It's common when webscraping to need dynamically loaded content from the page, which can sometimes only be found within the network activity of the page. I'll show you how to capture the network traffic occurring on the page using python, selenium with chromedriver, and the logging features of the browser.

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Passing the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam

How I studied for the SAA exam and passed it in a month! (After passing the CCP exam)

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Passing the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam

How I studied for the CCP exam and passed (in ten days!)

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