Hints, Tools, Links

Hints

Ubuntu

• Updating apt's package list: apt-get update
• Finding a package: apt-cache search packagename
• Installing a package: apt-get install packagename
• Restarting Apache: /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
• Upgrading all packages to the latest version: apt-get upgrade

Drupal

• Back up a database

mysqldump -u root -p databasename > databasename-[date].sql

• Installing a module with download URL [url]:

sudo su root

cd /var/www/sites/all/modules

wget [url]

tar xvfz [package].tar.gz

rm [package].tar.gz

exit

SSH

• Instructions for connecting to departmental machines from off campus via SSH
[From S. Nelesen]

Hosting

• Clubs.calvin.edu contact form

Software tools

• Ubuntu -- Linux OS
• jEdit
• Prototype -- JavaScript library
• Drupal -- Community plumbing

Firefox Plug-ins

• Firebug -- essential Web development plug-in
• DOM Inspector

Web References

• Simple vi lessons
• Vi cheat sheet
• VIM cheat sheet
• HTML
• CSS
• CSS [Wikipedia]
• Apache
• JavaScript
• Prototype
• PHP
• MySQL

Books

• HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide, Chuck Masciano and Bill Kennedy (O'Reilly) -- reference
• Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design, Eric Meyer
• More Eric Meyer on CSS, Eric Meyer
• CSS: The Definitive Guide, Eric Meyer -- reference
• Using Drupal, Byron, berry, Haug, Eaton, Walker, and Robbins (O'Reilly)
• Designing Web Usability, Jakob Nielsen -- a standard usability text