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Using Git with Subversion repository subdirectory

Interacting a local git repository with a subversion one has been very useful and is very common on old projects. The way to do that is by using the git svn commands. But sometimes there are situations where there is one large repository with several projects as subfolders in that repo. Using the standard svn […]

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GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source Programming & Web Development

CSS3 columns in Internet Explorer and other unsupported browsers

Recently I’ve been working on a project for a client that makes use of CSS3 columns in its layout design. The problem with CSS3 columns is that it’s not supported by any stable version of Internet Explorer so far (surprised? no? good!). At the time of this writing IE9 is the latest version. Luckily there’s […]

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Emacs GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source Programming & Web Development

Easy CSS editing with Emacs

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 code’s text. It is very useful to immediately see the colors right there in the […]

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Bookmarks Programming & Web Development

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

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, form validation is very quick and easy, as well as nice form element presentation. Head […]

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GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source Programming & Web Development

The importance of Web frameworks in startup development teams

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 the business goes. At some point, you can’t finish or maintain something because one team […]

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GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source Programming & Web Development

Easy PHP code test development with SimpleTest unit testing framework

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 test driven development techniques that will save you time and frustrations down the road. One […]