Month: September 2020

How to make scroll bar show in Mac

By default, Mac scroll bars show only after keyboard or trackpad movements. This can be very annoying because often the scroll bar disappears before you can get to it. The…

Checking disk space in Linux

To check disk space, you can use one the following commands: This command would list the amount of space used and available on each partition of the system. du commands…

Getting started with gulp.js

Gulp.js is a great tool for building and enhancing workflows. It is free and open source. It helps you automate repetitive tasks such as automating CSS creation and unit testing. In…

How to parse a sentence in PHP

A sentence can be parsed in many different ways in PHP. A few methods are presented here along with their analysis. Regardless of the language you use for parsing a…

Quick Introduction to JSON

JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is a lightweight standard for data interchange. It offers several advantages over XML for data interchange such as it can be used for serializing and transmitting…

vi editor

The VI editor is a screen-based editor. It is very powerful and has been around for more than a decade. Programmers are especially fond of the VI editor due to…