📘 Development notes

This page contains any notes I find useful related to software/web development.

Snippets
Tricks
Tools

Snippets

Display all PHP errors

ini_set('display_errors', 1);
ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);

PHP Web Server

php -S 0.0.0.0:8000

Python 2 Web Server

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

Python 3 Web Server

python -m http.server

Create an uppercase GUID in Powershell

[guid]::NewGuid().toString().ToUpper()

Entity Framework

Add migration

dotnet ef migrations add MigrationName

Run migrations

dotnet ef database update

Rollback migration

dotnet ef database update PreviousMigrationName

Rollback all migrations

dotnet ef database update 0

Remove most recent migration

dotnet ef migrations remove

Tricks

Github web editor

You can edit a github repository by pressing . while viewing it. This will open up a VS Code web editor with the source of the repository.

Raspberry pi setup

Enable ssh

In /boot create a blank file called ssh

Enable wifi

In /boot create a file called wpa_supplicant.conf with the following:

Set up Apache + PHP

sudo apt update
sudo apt install apache2
sudo usermod -a -G www-data [USERNAME]
sudo chown -R -f www-data:www-data /var/www/html
sudo chmod -R 770 /var/www/html
sudo apt install php

Wttr.in

View the weather forecast via the command line

curl "wttr.in/Spokane?0"

Tools

CLI

fish Shell alternative with auto complete
tmux Terminal multiplexer
ack File contents search tool
bat A cat alternative with syntax highlighting
htop An interactive top alternative
exa A ls clone with better syntax and coloring
alder A tree alternative
mycli Alternative interface for working with MySQL
ranger File manager/browser
jpegoptim JPG optimizer
optipng PNG optimizer
gifsicle GIF optimizer
HTTPie View source of a website from any device, including mobile
dig Viewing DNS information for a domain - sudo apt-get install dnsutils

Web

SVGOMG An SVG editor/optimizer
RegExr A regex playground/debugger
View Source View source of a website from any device, including mobile
xkcd Password Generator Generates 4 random words
Password generator Generates passwords in-browser
Git explorer Git command reference

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