David Sirr's ...stuff

I've added an essential software list to this blog that contains a list of software that i use daily in my web development and a second list of more general apps i can't live without. This is a great resource if you are new to a Mac dev environment and aren't sure what apps to use on OSX! I plan on keeping this list up to date whenever i find any awesome new apps

 

ARGH!!!! a so much time wasted... on what? One Apache virtualhost rewrite section :( Problem: enabling friendly URLs in wordpress Supposed Solution: cut and paste sample apache code from wordpress admin

RewriteBase /
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

Frustration: Multiple random frigged up errors that require pulling all my hair out, wasting a couple of hours, and reading countless useless articles on google Salvation: Doubting leopard server / Apache's ability to parse plain text in a simple and logical fashion, I manually typed every line of the sample code verbatim rather than copy/pasting any of it. and... it works like a charm... so to reiterate... ARGH!!!! Lessons learned: type your code, even though it may take longer it may be shorter in the long run! also, if you want to use rewrite within a virtualHost instead of a .htaccess, you need to be inside a <directory> to use the RewriteBase which will help keep your assets working correctly after a rewrite. Lastly use blogcfc instead of wordpress! (i would be if only blogcfc had this lush hemmingway theme :) )

I'm still in the initial stages, but here is a useful tip: When adding subversion to the server make sure you *APPEND* to the system path rather than replace it! Don't be a unix noob like me and assume that because there was no PATH entry in the file that it wasn't in some other config file. So if you are editing /private/etc/profile: Instead of writing PATH = "/usr/mypath", use PATH = "$PATH:/usr/mypath" If you don't do that a whole load of things will mess up!!