Here’s a good word to use to test if your files are UTF-8 -encoded and support international characters.
Iñtërnâtiônàlizætiøn
For more information about UTF-8 character encoding, visit
Mac: Creating Shortcut Host Names When Connecting Over SSH in Terminal
If you’re on a Mac and want to connect to another computer over SSH via your Terminal, you can create a shortcut so that instead of typing
> ssh server1.ops.somedomain.com
you can just enter
> ssh server1
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Sublime Text 2 Shortcuts
Show PHP function list
- CTRL+r
Clean up code
- CTRL+ALT+t : HTMLTidy
- CTRL+ALT+E : Encode special characters
Tag completion, folding
- CTRL+. : close tag
- CTRL+SHIFT+[ : Fold Code
- CTRL+t : Fold Tag Attributes
- <tag + TAB = autocompletion, e.g. <a + TAB = <a href=””></a>
- <tag> + ALT + . = autocompletion, eg. <a> + ALT + . = <a></a>
Find in file(s)
- CTRL+F : Find in file
- CTRL+SHIFT+F : Find in files (or right click on folder and click Find in Folder)
- CTRL+H : Find and replace in file
HOSTS File: Change an External Domain to Point Somewhere Else
If you update your hosts file to point a domain to another location, accessing that domain will take you to your new destination. For example, in Windows, your hosts file is at
C:WindowsSystem32driversetchosts
If you add the following:
127.0.0.1 www.google.com
and then open your browser and go to www.google.com, you will not see Google’s home page but rather your local host index page. This can be handy when you want to disable one javascript include in a page that you don’t have access to. By pointing the external javascript domain to your local host, a 404 not found will be triggered which will prevent the code from running. Everything else, including other references to external javascript files, in the page will still continue to execute.
Stripe: Payment Processing for Developers
It’s about time somebody did this!
and a new started “Balanced Payments” is offering next-day deposits.
https://www.balancedpayments.com
That’s good!
UPDATE: Now there’s a service that’s lets non-programmers use Stripe.
jQuery Selector to Match Names with Brackets ([])
When you’re creating a form and have checkboxes and/or multi-value selects that take multiple values, in PHP you specify the field name with brackets as in
<input name=”category[]” >
In order to select this element in jQuery, you need to escape the brackets with double slashes as in
$(“[category$='[]’]”)
T-Slot Aluminum Profiles
I just discovered T-slot aluminum profiles and think they’re some of the most useful things to exist. They’re like Legos for adults. Basically, you can easily build frames for structures using these things. Since there was so much information to absorb, I created a cheat sheet to quickly see what parts are available.
Google Search Engine Optimation (SEO) Starter Guide
Essential, easy reading for any web developer.
Crowdfunding – An Alternative to VC Funding
Unless you’re someone special or extremely lucky, which most people aren’t, getting venture capital is almost impossible. So forget that and just launch on these crowdfunding platforms. If you see traction, it’ll be a lot easier to VC funding to grow.
Debugging Javascript Errors in jQuery or 3rd Party Javascript Libraries
When you’re righting some Javascript / jQuery and run your code, you normally would see your errors in your browser inspector’s console tab so you can easily fix them. But, sometimes the error you see appears in 3rd party code that you haven’t even touched, e.g. jQuery. One way to find where the “real” error has occurred is by looking at the call stack. In Chrome Inspector, do the following:
- Click the Sources tab
- Click the Stop sign until it is purple (Pause at all uncaught exceptions)
- Reload the page
- Examine the call stack