Introduction In attempting to convert my Java knowledge into a web technology, i.e. learning Java web applications I have found that starting and stopping Apache Tomcat with the commands “/Library/Tomcat/bin/startup.sh” and “/Library/Tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh” (on MacOS) a little long winded for my memory. Solution By creating two simple bash scripts I can now start and stop Continue reading
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WordPress Plugin: Gist Shortcode
WordPress Awaiting approval GitHub Introduction Are you a developer who uses GitHubs Gist to store and share code? Why not share your code on a WordPress powered blog using Gist Shortcode by F13Dev. Simply install the plugin and activate it via the WordPress admin panel, add a GitHub API token (optional), then add the shortcode Continue reading
WordPress Plugin: Lastfm Album Shortcode
WordPress GitHub Introduction If you are a music blogger, you will most likely be aware of the time consuming process of adding album specific information to blog posts. Although album artwork, album description, track listings and track times are easy to come across, everything needs to be re-produced precisely and in a consistent manor with Continue reading
WordPress Plugin: Movie Shortcode
WordPress GitHub Introduction Do you blog about movies or tv shows? It can be a tedious job adding movie information such as synopsis, genres, directors, cast and crew, or finding the correct artwork. Why not use a simple WordPress shortcode to do all the hard work for you. F13s Movie Shortcode allows you to insert Continue reading
WordPress Plugin: Youtube Shortcode
WordPress GitHub Introduction Do you want to embed a Youtube video into a page or blog post on a WordPress powered website? Can’t remember the Youtube embed code? Why not embed videos with shortcode. Simply add the ‘youtube’ shortcode to the desired location on a page or blog post, enter the video ID under the Continue reading
WordPress plugin: Google Maps Shortcode
WordPress GitHub Introduction Do you have a shop or business premises that you want to help people find? Maybe you host regular events at a set of venus; perhaps Google Maps Shortcode could help you advertise the locations. Simply add the googlemap shortcode to your desired WordPress page or blog post, enter the address information in Continue reading
Programming operations, using maths
Introduction An important part of computer programming is implementing mathematic operations. Maths can be used to implement many functions in an application; be it to include functionality that is obviously maths related, or to implement functions that may not immediately appear, to the user, as a maths problem; such as calculating the window size to maintain Continue reading
WordPress Plugin: GitHub Profile Widget
WordPress GitHub Introduction Are you a programmer who uses GitHub? Do you want to add a snapshot of your GitHub profile to your WordPress powered blog? If you answered yes to the above then ‘GitHub Profile Widget’ may be for you. This plugin utilises the GitHub API to retrieve information about a GitHub user and Continue reading
WordPress Plugin: GitHub Repo Shotcode
WordPress GitHub Introduction Are you a programmer who uses GitHub? Do you want to add information about a repository to your WordPress powered blog? If you answered yes to the above then ‘GitHub Repo Shortcode’ may be for you. This plugin utilises the GitHub API to retrieve information about a repository and display information about Continue reading
OOP: Instance variables, Class variables & Local variables
Introduction Variables form an essential part of every application for storing, retrieving and generating dynamic data. In OOP (Object-Oriented Programming) there are three main types of variables which provide slightly different functionality; Instance variables, Class variables and Local variables. Instance variables An instance variable is a variable associated Continue reading