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I completed my Computer Science degree at the University of Manitoba in 1976. I did two and a half years of programming in medical research followed by twenty-nine years at Manitoba Hydro (electric utility). Most of that was spent on doing development…
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| | I have an apps folder on D: where I keep all my portable/homegrown software. Let's say I want to create a virtual enviromnent in `D:\apps\MyVirtual`. To do this I open a command shell and do D:\>cd apps D:\apps>python -m venv MyVirtual If I install any packages in this session, they …  |
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 | If it is a test case then I have to wonder for what? It's true that we've seen a great deal of pointless posts and I absolutely do not see the payback in making them. I don't recall how many garbage posts I've seen defining what SEO and back links … |
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| | Yes. But like most technological changes it will create new jobs. |
 | Putting on our traditional Christmas Eve spread with family. Christmas dinner tomorrow. We long ago stopped exchanging presents as we all agreed that agonizing over gift buying just for the sake of giving a gift was pointless. We all know we love each other so just being together, eating, and …  |
 | Can you give us the actual query in pseudo code with field names? I think we can figure it out by first eliminating the vb.NET syntax. I typically use a SQL management console to get the underlying query before I add in the gory code details.  |
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| | It depends very heavily on: 1. What type af analysis you want to do. 2. Your level of expertise. Neither of which you specified in your post. Unless you made the post as spam-seeding I suggest you flesh out your question. |
| | Spamming is getting the same post over and over. |
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| | I program only desktop/shell apps for Windows and I use Visual Studio Code (free) and python (free) with wxpython (free) as the target GUI. Do you see a pattern here? |
 | I can see the point in no/low code solutions. In my 30+ years as a professional programmer I found that my primary job was not to write code. It was to provide solutions. If that could be done with no code, or off the shelf code then so much the …  |
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| | First I want to say that my only interest in the technical details of web development are from an end user perspective. I usually go to [this site](https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca) to get my weather forecasts. Their current display format is to present the forecasts horizontally but it will likely be changing soon …  |
 | Another tip - it's nice to know where you work but do not use Daniweb for self-promotion. |
| | Nope. I never found another place that felt as comfortable as Daniweb. |
 | What help are you looking for? Do you need help picking a design tool? A framework? What is your current skill set? |
| | There are already a number of threads regarding AI. Enter **AI** into the search bar to find some. Member [usmanmalik57](https://www.daniweb.com/members/1235222/usmanmalik57/posts) has written a number of articles/tutorials that you may find interesting. |
 | Generally it is hard to offer SQL suggestions without seeing the code. Are you closing the connection manually, or are you using a context manager? |
 | Has anyone had a look at [Perplexity](https://www.perplexity.ai/?login-source=floatingSignup)? |
 | Right click on the shortcut and select **Run As Administrator**. |
| | I'd be happy to answer Python questions provided you give a little more detail. I'm far from an expert but I'll help if I can. |
