So I recently upgraded to Windows 10 and also upgrade my OnePlus One to CyanogenMode 12 (Lollipop). Decided I would do a bit of Android development, so I’ve spent most of the weekend trying to locate some ADB drivers which work with my computer and phone. So far I found nothing. After trying a number of […]
This article will explain how to install virtualenv and create a new Python Project in eclipse which uses a custom virtual environment. There is also a little Hello World style example at the end! This article assumes that you have Python, Eclipse and the PyDev plugin installed on your machine. If you need to know how to […]
In this article I’ll explain how you can set-up your Windows 10 machine for some extreme Python development.
I have recently been playing around with the insider preview of Windows 10. Love it so far, and since everyone will likely upgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 10, I thought I’d write some articles using it. This article explains how to install Eclipse Luna on Windows 10. Eclipse is unique to most IDE’s in […]
If you are just starting to learn Python development, you may be wondering what is a good IDE (Interactive Development Environment) you can use to get the code flowing? My personal favorite is Eclipse with the PyDev plugin. Why is it my favourite? For a few reasons: Eclipse is a powerful IDE with many built […]
DevOps Deployment Automation with Terraform, AWS and Docker There are many guides about how to install and configure popular applications on Linux servers, but not much on how to remove them. I found this out when I needed to install a MariaDB Galera cluster on a server which already had a stand-alone MariaDB server installed. Having […]
As a professional software engineer, I deal with bug reports all the time. As a result, I have had my fair share of tickets which read something along the lines of: “<insert arbitrary feature here> is not working!!!”. Don’t get me wrong, I am a strong believer in Kaizen (Japanese for a “system of continuous improvement”) […]
My good friend Alireza recently sent me a link to an alternative command prompt application for Windows called Cmder. When I first clicked the link, my initial thought was “this looks nice, but is it really worth installing a whole application just for a nicer looking command prompt window?”. I quickly dismissed it and carried on with my coding. […]
While re-designing my WordPress blog template I came across the challenge of making the WordPress comments form play nicely with Bootstrap 3. Unlike the search form which is easily customized by simply adding a ‘searchform.php’ template file, the comments form is a little more complicated. When making WordPress templates the comments area is modified by adding […]
Learn how to build a REST API: Build a Backend REST API with Python & Django – Advanced You may have read/watched my previous tutorial How to use GitHub with Android Studio 1.x. This is a follow up tutorial which explains how to clone a project that has been added to GitHub.