I started out by going through the “Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook”. After a few commands didn’t port to unix (I guess that’s to be expected) I headed over to the #bash IRC channel on freenode, and was sent these helpful tips:

1.) The majority of the books published in this category are not of very good quality. There are a few gems, but I don’t know what they are.

2.) This site details globally available commands. I work on both mac and linux, so script portability is important to me.

3.) This is pretty much the best starting point if you want to learn shell scriping: The Bash Guide. It’s also available as a PDF download.

4.) And of course the IRC #bash channel on freenode. It’s very active, and there are some really helpful folks in there.

And a reference list for modifying the bash prompt

Tab Navigation in VI

:tabnew new tab
:tabc close tab

:tabm 0 move current tab to first
:tabm move current tab to last
:tabm {i} move current tab to position i+1

:tabn go to next tab
:tabp go to previous tab
:tabfirst go to first tab
:tablast go to last tab

gt go to next tab
gT go to previous tab
{i}gt go to tab in position i

Multiple Line Editing in VI

(in command mode)
‘:x,y command

Flask Docs Tutorial

Syntax Checking
Install PyFlakes: pip install pyflakes

TextMate Python Tools Bundle: https://github.com/dcramer/python-tools-tmbundle

Database Driver Packages:

MySQL Python Drivers: pip install MySQL-python

Redis: pip install redis; pip install redis-py

PostgreSQL: pip install psycopg2

Python Frameworks
Flask & Django:
See: Setup virtual env

MIT Open Courseware: Introduction to Computer Science using Python

Tools for your computer:

VirtualEnv: Steps to get up and running

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Get Virtual Env up and Running

Install virtual env

1.) If your target folder is already created, cd to the parent of your target directory

2.) Run this command:
virtualenv –no-site-packages target_folder_name/env
(this will keep all the virtualenv related folders in a single location)

3.) cd into target folder, then run
source bin/activate OR source folder_name/bin/activate
- At this point you should get the environment (folder name) in parens at the command line
4.) Install packages for this environment:

pip install django
pip install mysql-python
pip install django-piston

5.) For django: Start django server using ./manage.py runserver or pythong manage.py runserver

6.) To quit virtualenv – type ‘deactivate’ at the command line
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Here are the few complaints that I have: If your totally brand new to SQL, it may not be clear that you can populate tables from the sample code provided at the book’s website. More than one reviewer mentioned that on Amazon.com.

I found that the code from the website dropped off in the later tables on Joins, Subqueries, contraints and transactions. They did not provide the sample code to set up the tables needed to follow along with the examples in those chapters. I did get some value from reading those chapters, but it wasn’t quite the same.

In a nutshell, this book gave me all the info I needed to get started with mySQL. (I am using it with PHP). There are lots of hands-on examples, tests and quizzes to drive home the basics. I feel pretty comfortable now with basic SQL commands. I would recommend this book for anyone that knows very little to nothing about SQL, and wishes to obtain ‘beginner’ level knowledge.

Here’s the Video:

Dec 20, 06:00 PM

T.A. Flannery’s Saloon
Philadelphia, PA 19103