Parts in this series

• An Order to Learn to Program, Part 1
• An Order to Learn to Program, Part 2
• An Order to Learn to Program, Part 3
• An Order to Learn to Program, Part 4
• An Order to Learn to Program, Part 5
• An Order to Learn to Program, Part 6

Part 5: Beginner programming, dynamically typed

This is part 5 in my series on the order to study topics related to programming. This series aims to provide a gentle path to follow as you explore this fascinating field.

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Whenever I start a new hobby web project, I just want to jump in and start coding.

Instead, I spend many many hours trying to get authentication to work. I’ve got half a dozen half-finished “boilerplate” projects lying around that were supposed to satisfy the desire of, “next time, I can use this boilerplate and authentication will just work.” It never does.

One thing I know I don’t want to do is manage my own auth database anymore. It’s too risky, and keeping a Django (for example) instance patched and up-to-date is more devops overhead than I’m interested in.

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