Musings of a backend Software Developer
Git can be configured to ignore some files in your computer or repository you don’t want to track. These files can include log files, .env files that contain sensitive information, files generated automatically by your text editor or build system, or any locally generated files that your team members will not need. You use gitignore
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A list of basic git commands.
In this post, I show you two ways of installing and configuring nginx on Linux.
Learn how to count the number of commits or number of lines a contributor has added to a git repository.
Learn how to avoid repetition and write simpler and easy to read tests using the pytest parametrization feature.
Learn how to install pytest and use it to discover, run, and skip test functions.
PyCharm supports remote development. Learn how to set it up in this article.
A software license grants specific permissions for others to use your work. Licenses allow your source code to be used under defined terms and conditions and they also protect the licensor( you, owner of the code) from litigation. There are a number of Open Source software licenses to choose from and the differences between these
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On Friday February 17 2017, the Firefox Beta community tested Firefox 52 Beta 7. The focus of this test day was on WebGL. WebGL is a JavaScript API for rendering graphics in the browser without the use of plugins such as Flash or Silverlight. Graphics testing involves testing how Firefox renders websites that use WebGL
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On Friday 3 February Mozilla held a test day for Firefox 52 Beta 3. The new features under test were WebRTC components; DTMF and screen sharing. WebRTC is a collection of communication protocols and APIs that enable browsers to provide real time communication services such as desktop sharing, video calling, file sharing and more without
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