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WordPress vs. MODx

WordPress vs. MODx, from the standpoint of a developer [...]

April 19th, 2011 | Tags: , | Category: MODx, Nerd Stuff, Programming, Reviews, Wordpress | 25 comments

Releasing New Versions of your WordPress Plugins

If you are a WordPress plugin developer, then this post is for you. There is very little documentation on how to effectively use the WordPress Subversion repository, and the repo architecture is critically flawed in its structure making “kosher” usage seem entirely buggy. Worse yet, the support in the WordPress forums is practically non-existant. [...]

March 5th, 2011 | Category: Programming, Wordpress | 4 comments

Writing Custom PHP Snippets for MODx (part VII)

This article and tutorial video takes on how to add custom PHP scripts (known as Snippets) to the MODx content management system. This covers MODx Evolution (version 1.0 and before), but many of these methods and principles are applicable to MODx Revolution (version 2.0) and PHP coding in general.

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November 2nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: MODx, Programming | 6 comments - (Comments are closed)

A Reference for the VI Text Editor (aka VIM)

If you’ve done any programming at all on the command line (in Linux or OS X, or using Cygwin on Windows), you have probably heard of VI and the other powerhouse command-line editor, eMacs, and the epic battle between them long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away… The goal of this article [...]

January 14th, 2009 | Category: Nerd Stuff, Programming | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)

10 Great OS X Applications for the Web Developer

One of the things I think of every single working day is how great a platform OS X is for software development. Now, take that with a grain of salt… I do development in a LAMP dev shop running Linux, Apache, MySQL and Perl/PHP, but we’re running some enormous sites (LowFares.com, IdentityTheft.com, and Low.com). [...]

December 20th, 2008 | Category: Apple, Mac OS X, Programming, Software | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)

Introduction to Bash Scripting

Here’s a great tutorial for bash scripting: http://www.linuxconfig.org/Bash_scripting_Tutorial

Linux and OS X: Harness the Power of Bash

If you’re doing any work with Linux or OS X computers, knowing even a little bit of bash can save you a whole lot of work. You can write automated backup scripts, you can scan for [...]

December 9th, 2008 | Category: Linux, Mac OS X, Nerd Stuff, Programming | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)

Checking to See if Packages are Installed in PHP or Perl

I have this love/hate thing with open source technology. It’s great that it’s free, bugs are openly discussed instead of hidden away, and ultimately I think the open source technologies are more robust.

But here’s what always gets me: the packages and their dependencies.

Perl

At the bash prompt, you can type: [...]

November 27th, 2008 | Category: Nerd Stuff, Programming | Comments are closed
 
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