--- title: Best KDnuggets posts — July 2022 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted KDnuggets posts from July 2022, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/kdnuggets/best-of/2022/07 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/kdnuggets/best-of/2022/07 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best KDnuggets posts — July 2022 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted KDnuggets posts from July 2022, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of KDnuggets — July 2022 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/the-5-hardest-things-to-do-in-sql-hwijxbmot "The 5 Hardest Things to do in SQL") Article KDnuggets · 4y The 5 Hardest Things to do in SQL The Cloud Data Warehouse offers the power of centralizing compute within the cloud. However, this comes with its own set of downsides. One of the primary drawbacks is that you must learn and execute queries in different languages, specifically SQL. The switch over to cloud data warehouses increases the utility of complex SQL versus python. 106 2 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/12-essential-vscode-extensions-for-data-science-aj0slqxjb "12 Essential VSCode Extensions for Data Science") Article KDnuggets · 4y 12 Essential VSCode Extensions for Data Science Visual Studio Code (VSCode) is a free integrated development environment (IDE) It is popular among developers and data practitioners. The VSCode provides rich functionalities, extensions ( plugins), built-in Git, ability to run and debug code, and complete customization for the workspace. 56 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/free-python-automation-course-mbzyrmpxy "Free Python Automation Course") Article KDnuggets · 4y Free Python Automation Course FreeCodeCamp has launched a free course on automating with Python. Taught by Frank Andrade, the course has a unique approach to teaching Python. The course is project-based, in that it sets out 4 major projects and each section builds upon the Python skills needed to be able to complete said project. 12 [See all KDnuggets archives](/sources/kdnuggets/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/kdnuggets/best-of/2022/07#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/kdnuggets/best-of/2022/07","name":"Best KDnuggets Posts — July 2022","description":"The most upvoted KDnuggets posts from July 2022, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/kdnuggets/best-of/2022/07#items","numberOfItems":3,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-5-hardest-things-to-do-in-sql-hwijxbmot","name":"The 5 Hardest Things to do in SQL"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/12-essential-vscode-extensions-for-data-science-aj0slqxjb","name":"12 Essential VSCode Extensions for Data Science"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/free-python-automation-course-mbzyrmpxy","name":"Free Python Automation Course"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"KDnuggets","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/kdnuggets"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/kdnuggets/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"July 2022"}]}]} ```