How to update Node.js on Ubuntu
sudo npm cache clean -f sudo npm install -g n sudo n stable sudo ln -sf /usr/local/n/versions/node/5.4.1/bin/node /usr/bin/node
General tips
Git sparse checkout: check out only one folder of a repository
Git sparse checkout lets you check out only part of a repository instead of its whole content. It is very handy when a repository is large and you only need one or two folders. The modern method (git 2.25 and later) Since git 2.25, a dedicated git sparse-checkout command makes this much simpler. The most … Read more
Install WordPress and plugins with Composer
Installing WordPress with Composer used to be painful. Today it is simple and clean. Here is how to manage the WordPress core and its plugins entirely through Composer. The WordPress core The johnpbloch/wordpress project tracks the latest WordPress releases and is still the most used. In composer.json, you set the package and the install directory: … Read more
Nginx – Configuration Error – Connection Refused
When setting up nginx it can happen that afterwards it is not possible to connect to the server and that you receive a “hostname not found” error In the terminal, we start by using curl -v domain.dev The error appears Rebuilt URL to: domain.dev/ * Hostname was NOT found in DNS cache * Trying 127.0.0.1… … Read more
Git doesn’t fetch all branches in remote
Sometimes when you work with git, you don’t find all the remote branches. Even after using git fetch they do not appear. git fetch It is very likely that the origin of the fetch is wrong. We can see, for example, that here only the master branch is updated. $ git config –get remote.origin.fetch +refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master … Read more
Delete all local git branches while retaining the master
After a sprint, all the local branches you have are useless and take up space. Below is a small command to remove them (except master) git branch | grep -v “master” | xargs git branch -D
Git – How to update your remote branches
To list local and remote branches $ git branch -a remotes only $ git branch -r For the list to be up to date you can use $ git remote update $ git remote prune origin
Ubuntu: how to get a HotSpot on a Lenovo
With the newer version of Ubuntu, the built in function that creates a Hotspot may not work properly on a Lenovo laptop. The way around it is to use ap-hotspot. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ap-hotspot To start or stop ap-hotspot sudo ap-hotspot start sudo ap-hotspot stop To configure it sudo … Read more
JavaScript – Iframe – the address where the iframe is located
For security reasons, you can’t directly reach the page outside the iframe from inside it. However, we can retrieve information from the browser. To retrieve the parent’s address, i.e. the URL of the page where the iframe is added, just write this: <script type=”text/javascript”> var url = (window.location != window.parent.location) ? document.referrer : document.location; alert(url); … Read more