How To Create an Ajax Drop Down Menu With PHP and MySQL
There’s no doubt by now you’ve heard of Ajax, it’s far from a new thing. We went from hating JavaScript in the late 90s / early 2000s to now having arguably more development in JavaScript than any other language on the …
Tutorial: How to connect to MySQL with Python
The more I jump into Python the more I like it. This tutorial is about one of the more basic parts of Python - connecting it to a MySQL database. The reason I chose MySQL is purely because of ubiquity, I figure this will be the one people …
C# Tutorials - Introduction: .Net Architecture Basics
In the next few months, I’m going to be creating some tutorials on learning C#.Net, from the very beginning. Because of the close integration, the first part of this workshop will be about the .Net framework, so you can get a general …
An Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
Today I’m going to talk about Object Oriented Programming (OOP). This is the first in a series of articles that will aim to teach you more about OOP and how you can use it to develop better software. What we’ll learn with this …
Linux Tutorial: 5 Cool Vim Command Line Tricks
Like most “hardcore” Linux/Unix hackers I love Vi/Vim, and I’ve found there is no end to the things you can learn about Vim so I decided to add a few command line tricks that I just learned recently. I’m going to use …
Python For The Absolute Beginner
If you’re a Programmer / Developer, chances are you’ve at least heard of this neat little program called Python. Those who know it sing it’s praises, and it can be found in some very powerful applications. If you’ve …
Linux Tutorial: How to Build Apache, PHP5 and MySQL from Source (The Hard Way)
My last article on this subject was about building the trinity (Apache, PHP, MySQL) the easy way using XAMPP. Now I’m going to show you how to do it the hard way, building everything from source, the way Linus intended. Let’s …
Setting up Linux: Use a Package Manager or Build From Source?
There are a few different ways to do things in the Linux world and if you ask for the best way, you’ll get several different answers. Linux folk tend to be pretty opinionated and become polarized about issues, which creates …
Linux Tutorial: How to Show Realtime dmesg Output in Linux
There are many times in Linux you want to watch your dmesg output, especially when working with hardware to see what’s going on. There is actually a really easy to way to do this, simply open another terminal and type: tail -f …
How to Capture the Output of a Linux Command in C++
Ok, I admit this is a pretty obscure one, but this came up for a task at work today, and I had forgotten how to do this. I Googled around a bit and found many answers I either didn’t understand entirely or just seemed too complicated …
