Introduction If you use ssh to connect to remote servers, you should not use a password to log in to them, and instead configure a key to log in. There are exceptions to this, but even then it is good to have a key that will be used to improve security and allow you to […]
I hope this post will be helpful to any developer setting up a Macintosh. I plan to revise this post to keep it current. Mac Compilers and required tools Xcode Install Xcode Install Xcode using the Mac Store first and once it is complete, add the command line tools. Xcode and the command line tools […]
Installing Using a PPA To install Java on oracle, the preferred way is to use apt-get install, however the default installation does not include Java8, because of its licensing. To get around that you need to first add a new repository for apt-get to pull from, and then update apt-get in order for that repository […]
There are a few things about HTML5 drawing, that can be very difficult to program, especially if you don’t have a way to visually build it. Drawing diagrams with a move to and line to, can be handled simply with a sheet of graph paper, or as I do, just imagine it, but drawing with […]
What is node.js? “Node.js is a platform built on Chrome’s JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications. Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.” You can download node.js from their website. Since I am using a mac, […]
Now that we moved to WordPress, the first plugin I have added is called WPTouch. The idea is to auto-format the site for mobile devices, and for me, the most important mobile device is the iPhone. Brave New Code was started in 2007, and their main focus is a website design/development firm, but the seem to […]
One thing about being a website developer that can begin to drive anyone crazy is the demands that people make, based on some other website/developer who is hyping some technology/hack that they believe will make their site better/appear higher in page ranking. An old SEO technique, that used to work, but is now dead in […]
As promised, here is a re-post of how to get Safari to masquerade as an iPhone so that you can test your websites user agent sniffing. Open Safari’s Preferences dialog. Enable the development menu in safari Preferences. First select Advanced, then make sure the “Show Develop menu in menu bar” is checked. Close the Preferences […]