Learn Python

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Hugo Blox Builder is designed to give technical content creators a seamless experience. You can focus on the content and the Hugo Blox Builder which this template is built upon handles the rest.

Embed videos, podcasts, code, LaTeX math, and even test students!

On this page, you’ll find some examples of the types of technical content that can be rendered with Hugo Blox.

Video

Teach your course by sharing videos with your students. Choose from one of the following approaches:

Youtube:

{{< youtube w7Ft2ymGmfc >}}

Bilibili:

{{< bilibili id="BV1WV4y1r7DF" >}}

Video file

Videos may be added to a page by either placing them in your assets/media/ media library or in your page’s folder, and then embedding them with the video shortcode:

{{< video src="my_video.mp4" controls="yes" >}}

Podcast

You can add a podcast or music to a page by placing the MP3 file in the page’s folder or the media library folder and then embedding the audio on your page with the audio shortcode:

{{< audio src="ambient-piano.mp3" >}}

Try it out:

Test students

Provide a simple yet fun self-assessment by revealing the solutions to challenges with the spoiler shortcode:

{{< spoiler text="👉 Click to view the solution" >}}
You found me!
{{< /spoiler >}}

renders as

👉 Click to view the solution

You found me 🎉

Math

Hugo Blox Builder supports a Markdown extension for $\LaTeX$ math. You can enable this feature by toggling the math option in your config/_default/params.yaml file.

To render inline or block math, wrap your LaTeX math with {{< math >}}$...${{< /math >}} or {{< math >}}$$...$${{< /math >}}, respectively.

We wrap the LaTeX math in the Hugo Blox math shortcode to prevent Hugo rendering our math as Markdown.

Example math block:

{{< math >}}
$$
\gamma_{n} = \frac{ \left | \left (\mathbf x_{n} - \mathbf x_{n-1} \right )^T \left [\nabla F (\mathbf x_{n}) - \nabla F (\mathbf x_{n-1}) \right ] \right |}{\left \|\nabla F(\mathbf{x}_{n}) - \nabla F(\mathbf{x}_{n-1}) \right \|^2}
$$
{{< /math >}}

renders as

$$\gamma_{n} = \frac{ \left | \left (\mathbf x_{n} - \mathbf x_{n-1} \right )^T \left [\nabla F (\mathbf x_{n}) - \nabla F (\mathbf x_{n-1}) \right ] \right |}{\left \|\nabla F(\mathbf{x}_{n}) - \nabla F(\mathbf{x}_{n-1}) \right \|^2}$$

Example inline math {{< math >}}$\nabla F(\mathbf{x}_{n})${{< /math >}} renders as $\nabla F(\mathbf{x}_{n})$ .

Example multi-line math using the math linebreak (\\):

{{< math >}}
$$f(k;p_{0}^{*}) = \begin{cases}p_{0}^{*} & \text{if }k=1, \\
1-p_{0}^{*} & \text{if }k=0.\end{cases}$$
{{< /math >}}

renders as

$$ f(k;p_{0}^{*}) = \begin{cases}p_{0}^{*} & \text{if }k=1, \\ 1-p_{0}^{*} & \text{if }k=0.\end{cases} $$

Code

Hugo Blox Builder utilises Hugo’s Markdown extension for highlighting code syntax. The code theme can be selected in the config/_default/params.yaml file.

```python
import pandas as pd
data = pd.read_csv("data.csv")
data.head()
```

renders as

import pandas as pd
data = pd.read_csv("data.csv")
data.head()

Inline Images

{{< icon name="python" >}} Python

renders as

Python

Learn Research Methodology

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

I will be creating a course based on what I teach to Bachelor’s students in actuarial science. Generally, I share my passion through different topics such as sports, fashion, theatre, among others. I love helping students create research project questions to solve using quantitative methods.

What is the meaning of “research”?

Research

Research is the systematic process of searching for information to answer a question, solve a problem, or generate new knowledge. It has three main characteristics:

It starts with a problem or a question.
It should be based on evidence.
It has a clear goal.

The research problem

A research problem shows a relationship between variables, is written as a clear question, and can be measured or observed in real life. The problem statement includes five main elements:

Objectives (what the study aims to achieve),
Research questions (what will be analyzed),
Justification (why the study is important),
Feasibility (available resources, scope, and consequences) and
Identifies gaps in knowledge to explore new perspectives.

Hypotheses

A research hypothesis guides the study and indicates what we are trying to prove. It is a tentative explanation of the phenomenon or problem being studied, which can be tested with evidence and either accepted or rejected. There are different types of research hypotheses:

Descriptive hypotheses predict a specific value.
Correlational hypotheses describe relationships between two or more variables.
Group difference hypotheses compare groups.
Causal hypotheses establish cause-and-effect relationships.

Scientific Papers Structure

A scientific text includes the following elements:

It begins with an introduction, where the objective, research question, and hypotheses are presented in a clear and engaging way.
Then, the literature review explains what other researchers have found.
The methods and data section describes how the data will be analyzed, what variables are included, and where the data comes from.
Next, the results present the findings without interpretation, often using tables and graphs.
The discussion compares the results with previous studies and evaluates the hypothesis.
Finally, the conclusions highlight the main findings, explain whether the objective was achieved, and suggest directions for future research.
Do not forget the references!

In Short

Research is a way to understand the world by asking questions and looking for answers using information and evidence. It starts with a clear problem or question that can be observed or measured, and it often explores the relationship between different variables. To study a problem, researchers create hypotheses, which are possible explanations that can be tested and either accepted or rejected. Finally, all this work is organized in a scientific text, which includes an introduction, a review of other studies, the methods used, the results, and the conclusions.

Teaching | Itzel Vázquez S.

Learn Python

Video

Podcast

Test students

Math

Code

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Learn Research Methodology

Research

The research problem

Hypotheses

Scientific Papers Structure

In Short

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