Objective Learn the basic concepts of Doctrine ORM, implementing the Data Mapper pattern with php. Requirements Composer (php package manager) A working lamp setup Understanding the basic object oriented programming and php Understanding the basic database concepts Difficulty MEDIUM Conventions # - requires given command to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command $ - given command to be executed as a regular non-privileged user Introduction The...

Objective This article will provide you with the information on how to check bash version on your operating system. Operating System and Software Versions Operating System: - Distribution Agnostic Requirements No special prerequisites are required is required. Difficulty EASY Conventions

Bash Shell Scripting Definition Bash Bash is a command language interpreter. It is widely available on various operating systems and is a default command interpreter on most GNU/Linux systems. The name is an acronym for the ‘ B ourne- A gain SH ell’. Shell Shell is a macro processor which allows for an interactive or non-interactive command execution. Scripting Scripting allows for an automatic commands execution that would otherwise be executed interactively one-by-one. Bash Shell Script...

Objective Learn to use the argparse module to easily parse python scripts parameters Requirements Basic knowledge of python and object oriented concepts Difficulty EASY Conventions # - requires given command to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command $ - given command to be executed as a regular non-privileged user Introduction In a previous article we have seen how to parse command line arguments using getopts in the context of bash scripts...

Objective Play audio with VLC in Python. Distributions This will work on any Linux distribution Requirements A working Linux install with Python and VLC. Difficulty Easy Conventions # - requires given command to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command $ - given command to be executed as a regular non-privileged user Introduction There are plenty of ways to play audio files with Python. It really depends on your application, but the easiest way,...

Objective Consume a JSON API in Python. Distributions This will work on any Linux distribution. Requirements A working Linux install with Python. Difficulty Easy Conventions # - requires given command to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command $ - given command to be executed as a regular non-privileged user Introduction One of the main reasons that you'd like to work with JSON in Python is consuming APIs. There are hundreds of excellent public...

Objective Parse JSON data in Python. Distributions This will work on any Linux distribution. Requirements A working Linux install with Python. Difficulty Easy Conventions # - requires given command to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command $ - given command to be executed as a regular non-privileged user Introduction JSON is a favorite among developers for serializing data. It's used in most public APIs on the web, and it's a great way to pass...

Objective Encode Python data into JSON. Distributions This will work on any distribution with Python installed. Requirements A working Linux install with Python Difficulty Easy Conventions # - requires given command to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command $ - given command to be executed as a regular non-privileged user Introduction JSON is the universal format for passing data between programs and/or languages, especially on the web. Python...

Objective The objective of this tutorial is to describe how to use the bash shell trap builtin to make our scripts able to perform certain actions when they receive a signal or in other specific situations. Requirements No special requirements Difficulty EASY Conventions # - requires given command to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command $ - given command to be executed as a regular non-privileged user Introduction When writing scripts that...

Objective The objective is to use command line and bash shell script to obtain Sunrise & Sunset time information for any given location. Operating System and Software Versions Operating System: - Linux distribution agnostic. Requirements Installed lynx tool and access to shell command line. Your location code obtained from https://weather.codes/search/ . Difficulty EASY Conventions

Objective Learn how to use the bash getopts builtin to parse a script options Operating System and Software Versions Operating System: - All Linux distributions Requirements No special requirements, just access to a bash shell Difficulty MEDIUM Conventions

Introduction The following post is a little bit different from my other posts as it does not solve any of your Linux configuration problems. Apologies there! This post is an attempt to kill multiple birds with one stone, hence expose children to a command line, avoid web flash and ads driven multiplication practice tests online and most importantly gain some multiplication skills along the way. My daughter reached the age where she is required to perform multiplication calculation at school....

Objective Install ZSH with Oh My ZSH and learn the basic features. Distributions ZSH is available in the repositories of nearly every distribution. Requirements A working Linux install with root privileges. Difficulty Easy Conventions # - requires given command to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command $ - given command to be executed as a regular non-privileged user Introduction Bash isn't bad. It gets the job done just fine, but have you...

Objective Learn to use redirections, pipes and tee in the Bash shell Operating System and Software Versions Operating System: - Linux distribution agnostic Requirements Access to a Bash shell Difficulty EASY Conventions

Introduction Python will let you know when you get your syntax wrong. It'll immediately fail and not allow your program to run. What about when your code has a different type of problem? Those are called exceptions, and they tend to be harder to catch. It's up to you to recognize situations where hey might come up and catch them to prevent your program from crashing altogether. Imagine a scenario where you need user input. Do you want your program to crash every time a user mistypes something...

Introduction Python is a powerful scripting language. So, why not use it to script Linux? The os module is Python's answer to handling many Linux file operations. The os module allows Python to perform many of the file and folder operations that you'd typically carry out in the Linux command line. It enable you to begin swapping out Bash for Python, which makes for a much cleaner and friendlier scripting experience. Loading OS The os module is a Python module like any other. In any script...

Introduction You've worked with both functions and methods, but there's a different type of function, the anonymous function. Anonymous functions are just functions without names, and in Python, they are handled with the lambda operator. Anonymous functions allow you to use the behavior of a function without having to create a function. This is especially good when you only need to use a function once or twice. It might sound like an unusual occurrence, but it happens fairly frequently when a...

Introduction Jut about any program of a decent size needs to be able to read and write from files. At very least, it needs to be able to generate logs. Python is also tightly integrated into Linux system administration and scripting. Again, reading and writing are important for managing a system. Opening A File Python creates and object from the file that it opens. It can then manipulate that object. When it's done, it uses the object to save the any changes back to the file. Create a new text...

Introduction Whenever you need some additional functionality in Python, you turn to the import keyword to pull in extras from Python modules. You've used common ones like the math module plenty of times. Now, you will learn how to create your own Python modules and packages to compartmentalize your code. Modules are sort of like classes in that they make your code modular. While classes make code modular within a program and serve as the blueprints for objects, modules make all of your code...

Introduction Polymorphism is yet another important aspect of Object Oriented Programming. No Warcraft fans, it doesn't have anything to do with turning people into sheep. That'd be much cooler. Instead, Polymorphism allows methods and functions to use classes with similar functionality in the same way. Polymorphism cuts down on the amount of code that you need to write by eliminating redundancy in a logical and meaningful way. It relies on you, the programmer, to be clever in your design and...