📅 2023-01-20 — Session: Implemented GitHub Authentication and Data Processing Functions

🕒 21:30–23:35
🏷️ Labels: Github, SSH, Python, Data Processing, Security
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal: The session aimed to address GitHub authentication changes and implement data processing functions in Python.

Key Activities:

  • Explored the transition from password-based authentication to SSH and Personal Access Tokens (PAT) for GitHub, including setup steps for each method.
  • Discussed SSH key pair naming conventions and storage best practices to enhance security.
  • Reflected on the use of SSH key passphrases, weighing security benefits against potential inconveniences.
  • Outlined steps to push code to a remote GitHub repository using PAT, covering token generation and remote configuration.
  • Defined a Python function for iteratively calling a prediction function with varying parameters, incorporating file management practices.
  • Provided a code example for using the predict_save function, emphasizing parameter requirements and efficiency improvements.
  • Explained the use of for loops with dictionaries to pass arguments to functions in Python, with a specific focus on the predict_save() function.
  • Reviewed the ajustar_empleo() function, which adjusts employment levels in a pandas DataFrame, suggesting verbosity and input validation enhancements.

Achievements:

  • Successfully transitioned GitHub authentication methods to more secure options.
  • Enhanced understanding of SSH key management and passphrase implications.
  • Developed and refined Python functions for data processing tasks.

Pending Tasks:

  • Further improve the ajustar_empleo() function with additional input validation and verbosity options.