Linux Tutorials on the topic “programming”
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How to compare directories with Meld on Linux
Author: Himanshu Arora •
Tags: desktop, linux, programming •
Comments: 1 This tutorial shows you how to compare directories visually on Linux by using the feature-rich comparison tool Meld.
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Useful Meld tips/tricks for intermediate users
Author: Himanshu Arora •
Tags: desktop, linux, programming •
Comments: 2 Meld is a feature-rich visual comparison and merging tool available for Linux. In this tutorial, we will be discussing some really useful tips/tricks that will make your experience with the tool even better.
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How to do line-by-line comparison of files in Linux using diff command - Part II
Author: Ansh •
Tags: centos, debian, linux, opensuse, programming, shell, ubuntu •
Comments: 1 Assuming that you already know the basic usage of the diff command that we explained in the first part of this diff command tutorial series, in this tutorial, we'll discuss the various command line options the tool provides, through some easy to understand examples.
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Adding a Simple GUI to Linux shell scripts with kdialog
Author: Aaron Peters •
Tags: linux, programming •
Comments: 5 Shell scripts are incredibly useful things. They allow you to do something as basic as creating an easy command to replace a more difficult one with lots of flags, to batching up many complex commands to run from a cron job. They’re great because you can quickly fire them off in your favorite terminal, but in some cases they require you to remember specific combinations of flags or options. If you find yourself in this situation, you can add some simple GUI dialogs to help you speed your way through the task at hand.
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How to Install Gitlab on Debian 8 (Jessie)
Author: Till Brehm •
Tags: debian, linux, nginx, programming, server •
Comments: 1 Gitlab is a web-based management and collaboration software for GIT servers similar to GitHub. It contains features like issue tracking, file browser, change tracking and a project wiki. In this tutorial, I will install Gitlab CE on a Debian 8 server behind a Nginx proxy. The Nginx proxy improves scalability and security of the system.
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Uncommon but useful GCC command line options
Author: Ansh •
Tags: linux, programming •
Comments: 0 Software tools usually offer multiple features, but - as most of you will agree - not all their features are used by everyone. Generally speaking, there's nothing wrong in that, as each user has their own requirement and they use the tools within that sphere only. However, it's always good to keep exploring the tools you use as you never know when one of their features might come in handy, saving you some of your precious time in the process. So, in this article, we will cover a couple of such options, offering all the required details, and explaining them through easy to understand examples wherever necessary.
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How to install and use profiling tool Gprof on Linux
Author: Ansh •
Tags: linux, programming •
Comments: 3 If you are a programmer, who writes code in C, Pascal, or Fortran77 programming language and uses Linux as the development platform, you'll be glad to know that there exists a powerful tool through which you can check the performance of your code - the tool in question is Gprof. In this tutorial, we'll be discussing the details of how you can download, install, and use this tool.
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Useful Vim editor plugins for software developers - part 3: a.vim
Author: Ansh •
Tags: linux, programming •
Comments: 0 Now, in this third and the final part, we will discuss another very useful plugin dubbed a.vim. Up until now, in this series of articles covering programming-related plugins for Vim, we discussed basics of Vim plugin installation using Pathogen plugin manager, and covered a total of three plugins - namely Tagbar, delimitMate, and Syntastic. Now, in this third and the final part, we will discuss another very useful plugin dubbed a.vim.
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How to Install Ruby on Rails (RoR) with PostgreSQL on Ubuntu 16.04
Author: Muhammad Arul •
Tags: linux, programming, server, ubuntu •
Comments: 7 In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Ruby on Rails on ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I will show you how to install and configure Rails with a PostgreSQL database, and how to create a new first project with Rails. Ruby on Rails (RoR) is an open source web application framework, published under MIT License. Ruby on Rails, or rails is written in Ruby, it is a server-side web application framework that follows the MVC (Model-View-Controller) concept.
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Useful Vim editor plugins for software developers - part 2: Syntastic
Author: Himanshu Arora •
Tags: linux, programming •
Comments: 0 There's no doubt that Vim is a capable programming editor out-of-the-box, but it's the editor's plugins that help you make the most out of it. In the first part of this article series, we discussed a couple of programing-related Vim plugins (Tagbar and delimitMate). Continuing on the same path, in this article, we will discuss another useful Vim plugin aimed at software developers - Syntastic.
