Category Archives: Software

Computer software, or just software, is any set of machine-readable instructions (most often in the form of a computer program) that directs a computer’s processor to perform specific operations. ( Wikipedia )

Mac Linux DVD Troubleshooting Primer Tutorial

Troubleshooting is a term familiar to anybody supporting a product. That product in the Information Technology world can be hardware or software. We find the times when we are most seeking a “troubleshooting” piece of advice is when, perhaps (sometimes … Continue reading

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Ansible Playbook TLS Tutorial

Yesterday saw this blog’s first Ansible Playbook to create an nginx web server on a VirtualBox virtual machine referenced by http://localhost:8080 but, did you notice, that https://localhost:8443 came up with, in Firefox, at least … Secure Connection Failed The connection … Continue reading

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Ansible Playbook Primer Tutorial

As a programmer, as time goes on, I get the creeping feeling that more is being asked of our job description. Pretty sure am not alone, and hope world employment is not going to be too hard hit by similar … Continue reading

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Ansible Hello World Primer Tutorial

The role of a programmer is expanding into deployment with software tools such as Ansible, because it has the capability of making the piloting of automation systems “approachable” as an “art”. Why would you want to “pilot an automation system”? … Continue reading

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GitHub Source Control Primer Tutorial

Source Control does not just apply to software. Any concept that you can apply the terms “draft” and “revision” to, could have source control applied to it. Our source control software we talk about today is generally associated with software, … Continue reading

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Yii MVC PHP Framework Hello World Tutorial

Today’s tutorial is a Hello World tutorial for Yii, to quote Wikipedia … Yii is an open source, object-oriented, component-based MVC PHP web application framework. Yii is pronounced as “Yee” or [ji:] and in Chinese it means “simple and evolutionary” … Continue reading

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PHP Writes PHP Vertical TextBoxes Primer Tutorial

Is there any use for PHP to write out PHP? We think so, though we readily admit such an “onion of the 4th dimension” type of concept can be worked another way. However, let me set a scenario for you … Continue reading

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PHP Desktop Command Line Follow Up Tutorial

Yesterday we started on some PHP desktop tutorials for a XML Chapter Changes via the Substitution of Strings desktop job when we presented PHP Desktop Command Line Primer Tutorial as shown below. Of the three web modes of use today’s … Continue reading

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