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Activating port forwarding for your Virtualbox server
Aug 3rd
I have a Windows 7 box at home, but do most of my development on OSX machines at work, and often for Linux servers in production. One of the trouble issues I was running up against was that paths (among other things) in Windows are drastically different than those on *nix, and that would cause occasional problems when collaborating on site development with my coworkers.
A decent solution to this has been to use a local dev installation of Ubuntu Server, loaded with Git and the LAMP stack to work on, and run that server in Oracle’s Virtualbox product. More >
HTML5 Features, Tips, and Techniques you Must Know
Aug 2nd
Another rundown (at NetTuts) of the more salient features of HTML5 (and one of the last ones is a video of what you can use right now without worrying too much about browser type or version).
More: View the full article at net.tutsplus.comForget Brainstorming – Newsweek
Aug 1st
Some suggestions at Newsweek for rebooting the creative process:
- Exercise!
- Take a short break.
- Lay off the passive entertainment (read: TV).
- Learn about other cultures (I take this to mean other points of view as well).
- Dive deep into something that interests you.
- No bureaucratic “suggestion box” .
Predicting the Future of NoSQL
Jul 25th
Here’s a good discussion of the NoSQL buzz on ReadWriteWeb – one paragraph in particular summarize the strengths of the various solutions:
“In a great summary of the NoSQL movement on Heroku’s blog, Adam Wiggins gives the following examples of NoSQL usage:
What Is This Devops Thing, Anyway?
Jul 25th
Devops is a buzzword which appeared to have gotten some traction at conferences lately. Buzzword yes, new concept – maybe not.
At its core, it describes a developer who takes ownership of and interest in their project before and after it reaches the siloed development process, working actively with others in other areas such as deployment, support, planning, project management.
These dev workflows employ concepts from agile development methodologies to smooth things over, and also promote common sense advice (keep things simple for starters, engage people in other levels of a project early and often, automate what you can, maintain flexibility over the life of a project).
I don’t know – if you weren’t already doing these things, you were probably feeling some pain anyways, which should have had you moving in these directions anyways.
More: View the full article at jedi.beFive Minutes a Day for Fresh-Baked Bread
Jul 25th
Some of the tastiest breads are also some of the easiest ones to make. Water, yeast, salt and flour – that’s about all it takes. This recipe covers this classic combination, and also how plan things so that your dough can be ready to bake at a moment’s notice. It also delves into the ratios involved in baking bread (another good tome on this is Michael Ruhlman’s Ratio).
More: View the full article at motherearthnews.com20+ Required Windows Apps: Web Designer’s Choice | Nettuts+
Jul 25th
There are a few items here I’d never heard of (Breevy and Miro), which are good alternative s to what I had been using (Texter and VLC – though I don’t think I’m ever going to drop VLC). Good list of software for any Windows-based developer.
More: View the full article at net.tutsplus.com