Category: Unix

bBox for FileMaker v0.95 Now Available

by Simon Brown
Posted in bBox, FileMaker, FileMaker 18, FileMaker Server, Integration, JavaScript, Python, Tools & Add-ons, Unix

We are pleased to release bBox version 0.95. bBox is a free utility plug-in to extend FileMaker solutions to easily use code libraries and macOS-based functions from Python, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, AppleScript, Bash/sh, XPath, and SQLite. Also included is a demo file that has over 210 examples of how you can put bBox functions to work for you.

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Simple Bash Scripts for Lazy People | Part 1: Git

by Colin Lieberman
Posted in productivity, Tools, Unix, Web Development

While the attribution may be hazy, the notion of laziness being an attribute of a good programmer is popular. I don’t know how good of a programmer I am, but I am really lazy.

So lazy that if I find myself doing something over and over, I write a script to do it for me the next time. Continue reading “Simple Bash Scripts for Lazy People | Part 1: Git” →

Useful Vim Mappings

by Shivam Daryanani
Posted in All, productivity, Tools, Unix, Vim, Web Development

A few mappings to help boost your Vim workflow.

Rotate through different line numbering settings

Switch between absolute line numbers (normal), relative numbers (based on distance from your cursor) and no numbers at all using CTRL-n:

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A Web Developer’s OS

by Federico Ramirez
Posted in All, JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, Unix, Web Development

What must an Operating System do to satisfy web developers’ needs? This is a tricky question, as each person is a whole different world, so it’s impossible to have a single answer to satisfy every person.

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Removing intermediate directories

by Simon Brown
Posted in All, Python, Unix

We recently needed to remove the intermediate directories in a large number of parent directories. So, if we started with /A/B/C/D, we wanted to end up with /A/B/D. It seemed simple at the time, so I blithely said “Sure, I can write that easily as a shell script”.

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