Category: Git

GIT IN PRACTICE: A fine how-to guide, with 66 techniques for greater effectiveness in individual & team settings – #programming #bookreview

by Si Dunn

    Git in Practice Mike McQuaid Manning Books – paperback   I have taken Git how-to classes and read several how-to books on the Git distributed version control system. But I don’t use Git every day. Therefore, I tend to forget how to do certain tasks when I once again start bumbling around with … Continue reading GIT IN PRACTICE: A fine how-to guide, with 66 techniques for greater effectiveness in individual & team settings – #programming #bookreview

CouchDB and PHP Web Development Beginner’s Guide – #programming #bookreview

by Si Dunn

CouchDB and PHP Web Development Beginner’s Guide Tim Juravich (Packt Publishing, paperback – Kindle) CouchDB and PHP can be a formidable team when used to create web applications.  “CouchDB is a database that completely embraces the web,” according to the Apache CouchDB website. Data is stored with JSON documents; documents can be accessed with a web … Continue reading CouchDB and PHP Web Development Beginner’s Guide – #programming #bookreview

Drupal for Designers – Putting Drupal to work, with good planning and design up front – #bookreview

by Si Dunn

Drupal for Designers Dani Nordin (O’Reilly, paperback – Kindle) Drupal has (1) a lot of fans, (2) a lot of people who wonder what the heck it is, and (3) a lot of people who complain about it. Sometimes, a Drupal user is each of these at the same time. Officially, Drupal is “an open source content … Continue reading Drupal for Designers – Putting Drupal to work, with good planning and design up front – #bookreview

Version Control with Git, 2nd Ed. – Bring order to software development’s collaborative chaos – #bookreview #programming

by Si Dunn

Version Control with Git, 2nd Edition Jon Loeliger and Matthew McCullough (O’Reilly, paperback – Kindle) When I first took a job in software development, individual programmers controlled code versions themselves, and they jealously guarded their releases with back-ups on multiple diskettes – 5.25” diskettes. The real floppies. (Yep, I’m so old I actually worked with a … Continue reading Version Control with Git, 2nd Ed. – Bring order to software development’s collaborative chaos – #bookreview #programming