A tutorial on testing In many of previous articles we talk about the importance of testing. In this article, we wanted to break down how we have tried to optimize our testing workflow. To achieve this, we will first talk about testing and its importance. Then, we will talk about…

Introducing Med School Microbiology, the newest Banana Chip Tech website Background One of the most difficult, yet important, concepts to master in medical education is microbiology/infectious diseases. Coursework in this area seeks to educate future healthcare professionals on the different organisms that infect humans, their clinical presentations, and their treatments…

Re-evaluating mistakes from previous projects and the solutions we employed for our most recent project. As we continue to put the finishing touches on our newest project we took a trip down memory lane to revisit the failings of our previous projects and the lessons that we learned from them…

Using python to automate sending emails in MacOS One of our most popular stories discussed how to automate sending emails using Python. In that article we used the smtplib library to connect to a SMTP server and send emails. While this was very useful, it had a few flaws. For…

A quick guide to DNS Records and Nameservers — Recently, we have been working on deploying our new website (Med School Microbiology) but ran into a major issue: we weren’t able to receive emails at our domain email address. After many hours of head scratching, staring at the computer, and calling our domain name registrar, we finally realized that…

A computational take on a common memory enhancement hack — In our previous articles we have extensively talked about how computational approaches can be applied towards studying. In this article, we wanted to talk about how mnemonics are similar to pointers in programming. What are Mnemonics? A mnemonic, also known as a memory aid, is a tool that helps you remember an idea…

Understanding how to choose a text editor/IDE for coding Recently, we were requested to create a tutorial series on the text editor, VSCode. The requester had seen other programmers using VSCode and wanted to learn how to use it. However, they found the features and functionality offered by the popular…

A quick tutorial In one of our previous articles, we wrote about how to use Python to create a MySQL database pool. In this article, we wanted to talk about how to use the Singleton design pattern to improve your implementation of the MySQL Database pool. Creating a MySQL Database Pool Let’s go swimming…python.plainenglish.io Pre-requisites In our discussion…

A brief guide to dealing with input and output in R In our previous articles, we provided a brief introduction to R and RStudio. In this article, we wanted to talk about input and output and write our first program in R! …