Posts Tagged ‘guide’

A Review of Linux Web Development Tools

January 29th, 2010

Vim and Emacs

Vim and Emacs are no development tools, but they offer a range of options for editing HTML and, in fact, a language that you may be using for web development. They both support emphasizing syntax (HTML, PHP, Python, Perl, CSS, and many others) and provide support for editing files on remote computers. Both programs are very versatile and can be widely adapted because they support a number of scripts and extensions to extend their functionality. However, both programs are complex tools and present a learning curve very steep.

OOo Writer / Web (Web OpenOffice.org)

It is possible to know a simple web page without having to write all the HTML tags using Open Office tool to create your own canvas. It would be a very simple page, in fact, because this is not the CSS, or forms, to support, for example. I do not recommend using this tool for a complete website, because the code is generated, it is sometimes unnecessarily complicated, it could present a nightmare in the future, manipulate and transform a large project that was originally created Web with OpenOffice. But not a single page, why? » Read more: A Review of Linux Web Development Tools

The Top Ten Concepts for Linux Beginners – Number 7, Runs on Obsolete Computers

August 2nd, 2009
The Top Ten Concepts for Linux Beginners - Number 7, Runs on Obsolete Computers

Our environment is in deep trouble. Do you want to be part of the solution and not part of the problem? To avoid being part of the problem don’t toss that supposedly outdated computer onto a landfill. Your discarded computer carcass will take decades to biodegrade and leach scads of poisonous chemicals into the environment during the process.

Several years ago the Utah Department of Environmental Quality estimated that by 2004 more t » Read more: The Top Ten Concepts for Linux Beginners – Number 7, Runs on Obsolete Computers

Top Ten Concepts for Linux Beginners – Number 1, Files

February 28th, 2009
Top Ten Concepts for Linux Beginners - Number 1, Files

Of course if you are used to Microsoft Windows you are familiar with the concept of files. This familiarity means you won’t have to start from zero to learn about Linux files. However, you will have to relearn several concepts and techniques to work with files in the Linux environment, whether using Damn Small Linux or other versions. You can do several great things with Linux files that you can’t do easily or at all under Windows. This could » Read more: Top Ten Concepts for Linux Beginners – Number 1, Files