Programming Tips For Versatile Coders

This is a guest post. Mila Johnson is an internet entrepreneur who uses GoDaddy discount codes to save money on her domains. 

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Some time ago, i’ve written a post about the basics of git, how to create a local repository on git and more. However, git is a bit complicated, especially if you are switching from subversion. It’s highly likely that you have been using subversion in a remote repository, that is in another machine, and you have been committing your changes there. This is definitely the most standard model that programmers tend to work with.

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For a couple of years, i have been using Subversion to manage my projects. I’ve heard about Git many times in the past and since it’s a Linus Torvalds creation, was pretty much interested in taking a closer look. Moreover, my interest in Ruby on Rails, has given me an extra kick towards that direction. You see, RoR uses Git by default, in order to manage your projects. Of course, you should not be surprised. You already know that Rails makes decisions for you and that is what gives it so much power. It saves you configuration time over conventions.

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Imagine that in your office’s computer, there are lots of interesting files that you have saved. As long as you are in your office, you have access to all of them, but when you go home, you can’t access it. The reason is that although your office computer has internet, it’s behind NAT and therefore you cannot access it directly. This is where a VPN can really be helpful.

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This is a guest post by a good personal friend of mine under the name Black Shadow.

As a computer programmer, you need to know about the different numeral systems. In your computer works, there will be lots of times that you will be using numeral systems like the binary, hexadecimal and sometimes octal as well. Thus, it would be a great idea to know how to convert numbers from one numeral system to the other. The digits that all 4 numeral systems use are shown below : Read the rest of this entry »

The path to gnosis. The element of knowledge. The relic of information. The browser. What would we be without it. The internet is nice of course, but the actual tool that makes us able to reach the various websites is the browser. Therefore, knowing the best tool for this job can really save the day.

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