Best practices for faster Web Pages
A few best practices for web page performance
1.Make Fewer HTTP Requests
2.Use a Content Delivery Network
Emacs for PHP
1.download php-mode.el from http://sourceforge.net/projects/php-mode/
2. copy php-mode.el to emacs/lisp/
3.byte compile php-mode.el file to get php-mode.elc file
command: M-x byte-compile-file
4.add following lines to you .emacs file
(require ‘php-mode)
(add-to-list ‘auto-mode-alist ‘(“\\.module$” . php-mode))
(add-to-list ‘auto-mode-alist ‘(“\\.inc$” . php-mode))
(add-to-list ‘auto-mode-alist ‘(“\\.install$” . php-mode))
(add-to-list ‘auto-mode-alist ‘(“\\.engine$” . php-mode))
done! emacs is ready to support php.
try C-c C-f on built in php function
Multiple SQL Queries in a Stored Procedure.
Working on a Thursday afternoon, I came across a problem where we had to return multiple counts (about 10 of them ) in an application. One way was to have multiple stored procedures and call them one by one, but this would mean I would have to make 10 connections to the database and 10 opens , 10 closes, phew !
So I decided to combine all of them into one:
Tags: database, MySQL, sql, stored procedure, sybase
Very Useful Linux/Unix Commands
Working on a *nix system is no piece of cake. Especially when you are used to Graphic interface of ‘windows’. The world where mouse is the king.
Here is a list of most used / most discussed / most important *nix commands. Mastering this will surely get your confidence level high in the black background and white characters’ world !!
My experience says that for starters in UNiX / LiNuX , these commands are enough to get you in smoothly ! 
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Tags: cli, commands, Linux, linux commands, unix commands
AWK ! A boon for CLI enthusiasts
AWK is a general purpose programming language that is designed for processing text-based data, either in files or data streams, and was created at Bell Labs in the 1970s
I noticed that Erik Wendelin wrote an article “awk is a beautiful tool.” In this article he said that it was best to introduce Awk with practical examples. I totally agree with Erik.
Eric Pement’s Awk one-liner collection consists of five sections:
- 1. File spacing,
- 2. Numbering and calculations,
- 3. Text conversion and substitution,
- 4. Selective printing of certain lines,
- 5. Selective deleting of certain lines.
The first part of the article will explain the first two sections: “File spacing” and “Numbering and calculations.” The second part will explain “Text conversion and substitution”, and the last part “Selective printing/deleting of certain lines.” Read more…
Tags: awk, cli, command line programming, Linux, unix