An introduction to CherryPy, a lightweight Python web framework
CherryPy is an open source, fast, and stable python web framework that allows the developers to build the web applications. The developers can build the web applications as the way they would build the...
View ArticleA simple introduction to the fuser utility for linux geeks
What Is The fuser Command? The fuser command is a very smart unix utility used to find which process is using a file, a directory or a socket. It also gives information about the user owning the...
View ArticleHow to make use of the Python pytube tool to download videos from YouTube
Introduction to the pytube tool pytube is a python package written for the main purpose of downloading videos from the famous video website Youtube. According to the official documentation there are no...
View ArticleHow to connect to mysql with python
Being a Python geek, lately I am experimenting with database oriented applications. Building the projects from scratch, I am making use of the Mysql server as the database management system in the...
View ArticleSql commands you should know as a computer geek
Being a computer geek, there is a lot of information to learn each day it passes. Lately I am experimenting a little with the structured query language, a language which is a domain specific one....
View ArticleHow to write a python script which communicates with the MySQL server
Python is a very useful utility when it comes to scripting automatic tasks. When interacting with a database management system in the backend, Python is my favorite programming language to automate the...
View ArticleAll You Need to Know About Cloudflare
Located in San Francisco, United States, Cloudflare provides Content Delivery Network (CDN) services, internet security, distributed domain network services, internet security and Distributed Denial of...
View ArticleHow to execute multiple queries in the backend Mysql database through PHP...
Communication with a backend database management system gets easier due to the specific support for the task by different computer programming languages. One of the many languages which supports...
View ArticleHow to execute a sql query in Mysql with PHP
PHP comes with all the required tools for connecting and interacting with a Mysql database in the backend. Although you may not have previous experience with PHP and Mysql, this blog post is self...
View ArticleControlling the Volume of an Audio File in Javascript
Just another quick tip. I’ll show you how to change the volume of an audio file of whatever format you are using – mp3, ogg, wav, aac, etc. When Using the HTML5 <audio> Element If you are using...
View ArticleFixing MySQL ERROR 1030 (HY000): Got error 28 from storage engine
TL;DR You need to free-up some space on your server (or computer) or get a bigger HDD (or partition). Today some of the pages on CSSDeck just stopped showing up. All one could see was a blank white...
View ArticleConvert Your CSS Code to SCSS/Sass
Ever wanted to make your own CSS2Sass convertor ? When working on projects, a tool that can quickly convert our CSS code to Sass can be ridiculously useful. Let’s see how to do it. Using sass-convert...
View ArticleGet the Duration of an Audio or Video File in Javascript
It is quite easy to get the playback length (in seconds) of an audio or video file. The file may be in whatever format that the browser supports – mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, etc. When Using the HTML5 Elements...
View ArticleThe Real Beauty of CSS3 Box Shadows
You might have used CSS3 box shadows several times to create some pretty looking drop shadows like you do in Photoshop. That’s great! But do you even know how it can be used for some other mind...
View Article17 Neat HTML5 Games To Keep You Busy This Weekend
Flash games are old and technology is advancing. I have collected some amazing HTML5 games that you can play this weekend and keep yourself busy. They are in random order (no ranking or anything else)....
View ArticleCreating a Paint Application with HTML5 Canvas
Let’s build a simple painting (or sketching) application using HTML5 <canvas> element along with its Javascript API. Although the app will be small, there’s going to be quite a bit of information...
View ArticleGet the Original Width and Height of an Image
If you use the width and height properties of the image node (vanilla Javascript) or use jQuery’s width() or height() function, you’ll get the size that you see in the browser. Getting the actual...
View ArticleCalculate Control Point to Make Your Canvas Curve Hit a Specific Point
Creating curves in HTML5 Canvas is usually achieved with quadraticCurveTo() that has 1 control point or bezierCurveTo() that has 2 control points. In some cases, it might be highly desirable to control...
View ArticleHTML5 Canvas Drawing Lines with Smooth Edges
In the previous post we kicked off with our painting application using HTML5 canvas. If you remember well, we ended up with a basic app where one can easily draw lines or something else with a “pencil”...
View ArticleThe New and Final CSS3 Linear and Radial Gradients Syntax
The specs have always been in a state of flux. But it seems to be decided on the CSS3 linear and radial gradients syntax finally (hopefully). Let’s just discuss the changes and how you’ll need to...
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