Execute batch file and continue without pausing
If you want to execute a command in DOS and then continue without waiting on results of the call, use: start command-or-filename You can create a single batch file that calls […]
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Proxying with Apache2 (running NodeJS apps through Apache)
Ubuntu 14.04 provided modapache2_mod_proxy_html as an option to pass requests to Apache through to something like NodeJS running on a different port. However, this package does not exist for 16.04! […]
CSS – EM vs REM vs PX
Not CSS3 specific, but here’s an example of how EM and REM size differently according to their containers. EM This is 1em This is 2em This is 3em This is […]
Testing your site for users who are color blind
To test how your site looks to someone who is color blind (508 compliance / accessibility), this is a great resource: https://www.toptal.com/designers/colorfilter You enter your site URL and can pick […]
Error with this.storeKeys in a Reflux component
Came across an error for hasOwnProperty when adding this.storeKeys to a React component listening to a Reflux store. So I: Stripped the component down to just a few lines; still […]
Basic test with Selenium
To run a basic test with Selenium, you need a few things installed: node, mocha, and selenium-webdriver. Follow the normal install procedure for those. Mocha is a command line program, […]
Create a MySQL user
Log in to the console as root: mysql -u root -p To create a new user: GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO ‘username’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘password’; (restrict permissions as necessary)
SQL Developer – Open new tab for each table from tree
By default, SQL developer will re-use a single tab as you browse between tables. This can be really annoying if you are trying to look at two different tables at […]
SQL Developer – Setting the TNS Names path
To set your TNS Names path in Oracle SQL Developer, go to: Tools Preferences Database Advanced
My customized linting display in Atom
Customized the linting display in Atom so that errors and warnings would be much more obvious while developing: Gutter “dots” changed to “ERR” and “WARN”, with larger gutter size Red […]