Category Archives: Programming & Web Development

Easy CSS editing with Emacs

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Gabriel Saldaña

Editing CSS in Emacs is very easy since the standard CSS mode comes included by default. But developer Julien Danjou created this nice minor mode called rainbow-mode which will display the color of the code as the background of the … Continue reading →

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From my reading links: HTML5 forms and Django, Google API playground and Python development tips

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Gabriel Saldaña

Making Forms fabulous with html5 Great introduction to the new HTML5 form input types and what you can do with them. HTML5 – Example Form validation and styling Form elements With the new HTML5 form input types and CSS3 properties, … Continue reading →

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The importance of Web frameworks in startup development teams

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Gabriel Saldaña

In a start-up environment, things happen so fast that there’s very little time to polish your tools. Code gets done undocumented, development team members come and go with different programming styles and tools, and the chaos just builds up as … Continue reading →

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Easy PHP code test development with SimpleTest unit testing framework

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Gabriel Saldaña

Testing is a task every developer has to do eventually on any programming project. You can do it manually after writing all your code to see if it works as you intended, or better yet, before writing your code, using … Continue reading →

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command line tools for web developers

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Gabriel Saldaña

Many people are typically afraid of the terminal. Yes, it might look scary for some, retro for others, but for the practical busy programmer, the terminal is the best tool you can have. Lately for my day job, I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Random links from my bookmarks

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Gabriel Saldaña

I’d like to share my bookmarks from time to time. I think sometimes random browsing can be very fruitful and sometimes even productive. This week on my delicious bookmaks, I’d like to share: Red Hat Magazine | A guide to … Continue reading →

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