Detect problems in JavaScript automatically with ESLint

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I’ve been programming JavaScript for 15 years or so, and I still keep making various silly mistakes – I type things wrong, I forget to rename everything, I forget to follow the coding styles… then I waste my time clicking around in the browser and feel like slapping myself. Thankfully tools like ESLint exist. ESLint helps by finding errors automatically, …

Why did nobody ever tell me about ssh_config?

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As someone who uses SSH a lot, I need to remember a bunch of different usernames, identity files and even one non-standard SSH port. It can sometimes be a bit of a hassle, especially if I need to use a specific identity file or other such, and then need to subsequently remember the pathname to it and all that. But …

Now you can write PHP code… without writing any code

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Yes, you heard that right! You can now code in PHP without having to write a single line of code – amazing, right? The application that makes this possible is called Lemon ADE, and it runs on the iPad. In this post I’ll go over how Lemon ADE works, and I have also recorded a short video demonstrating coding with …

Unity: The best game development platform?

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One day I saw a webpage which had some game, and wanted me to download the Unity web player plugin for my browser. I thought “What crap is this? I’m not going to install it!”. That was stupid, because Unity rocks as a game development tool!

Solving the alt-tab problem: My solution

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Lately there’s been some discussion about “the alt tab problem” – In other words, when you have lots of windows open and when working on something you constantly jump between a few of them. Basically when doing this, it becomes tricky to recall which window you get when you alt tab once, or twice, and so on. If you’re not …

Git interactive rebase tips

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Interactive rebase is one of my most used Git commands. It’ll let me slice and dice commits in various useful ways. Here’s a few tips for you to unleash the true potential of rebase :) Basics: editing, combining, reordering and removing commits Breaking a commit into two Taking a part of a commit and bringing it to HEAD Bonus! How …