Archive for the ‘Software Dev’ Category

Python

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

I found this great video on learning python, Learning Python.

Eclipse
A great tutorial on PyDev.

Eclipse Python Django Development

Monday, September 7th, 2009

I do a lot of work in the Eclipse IDE.

Here are a few of my tips using that IDE–

Getting autocomplete in eclipse with the PyDev plugin, press the following sequence of keys:
f [control] [space]

(I’ll do my best to keep this post updated.)

Changing your hosts file in Vista

Monday, September 7th, 2009

By default, if you try to modify your hosts file in Vista, it will not let you save it. It tells you that you don’t have permission. To successfully modify the hosts file, run notepad.exe as an administrator and open the file.

1 ) Browse to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories
2 ) Right click “Notepad” and select “Run as administrator”
3 ) Click “Continue” on the UAC prompt
4 ) Click File -> Open
5 ) Browse to “C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc”
6 ) Change the file filter drop down box from “Text Documents (*.txt)” to “All Files (*.*)”
7 ) Select “hosts” and click “Open”
8 ) Make the needed changes and close Notepad. Save when prompted.

Learning from StackOverflow.com

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

A website that I use all of the time for technical information is StackOverflow.com, here is a video on what that website does and how they can help out technically:

Website Development Tools

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

This is a list of web dev tools that I use, am I missing anything?:

MS Windows editors:

Online resources:

Firefox development plugins:

Online development communities:

SEO Tools:

I will be updating this list from time to time.