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I'm Sean.

I write about #software, #SaaS, #consulting and #mobile app development

I code in #Python, #PHP, #Swift, #Ruby, #ReactJS and #Postgres


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using screen
Use screen when you want to manage multiple sessions in a terminal. Install it on Ubuntu sudo apt-get install screen There are a lot of options for screen. I won't go into them. I use screen most often when I shell into a remote server and want to hop i...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Ruby on Rails vs. PHP in a Nutshell
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5EIrSM8dCA[/youtube]
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Nesting Resources in Rails Routes.Rb with Namespaces
When I have a controller that takes more than one has_many argument, I think about creating a namespace. This way I may still use my forums, pages controllers w/out needing any conditional logic, testing for the presence of :course_id in the params hash. ...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Gem Information with Gem List
If you want to get version information about a gem the easiest way to do it is with this command gem list For example gem list activemerchant will output the activemerchant versions I have installed. You can pass only part of the name like gem list ...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
How to Calculate Age with PHP
Calculate age in PHP $your_birthday = '1982-08-29'; $difference = date_diff(date_create(), date_create($your_birthday)); $age = $difference->format('%Y'); // 35 Short and sweet
Written by Sean Behan on 11/11/2017