The author selected the Diversity in Tech Fund to receive a donation as part of the Write for DOnations program. Introduction The box model is the ruleset a browser uses to determine an element’s size and how it interacts with other elements. The contents of the HTML element, as well as several CSS properties, all Read more about How To Work with the Box Model in CSS[…]
The author selected the COVID-19 Relief Fund to receive a donation as part of the Write for DOnations program. Introduction Interacting with software can be a daunting task in cases where there are a lot of features. In some cases, performing similar actions requires repeating steps, like navigating menus or filling forms each time an Read more about How To Create an Intelligent Chatbot in Python Using the spaCy NLP Library[…]
The author selected /dev/color to receive a donation as part of the Write for DOnations program. Introduction Handling images plays a pivotal role in building websites, but also can be challenging to deal with. Unoptimized images slow down websites, and many images that might look appropriate on a desktop are hard to scale down to Read more about How To Handle Images with GraphQL and the Gatsby Image API[…]
LAMP refers to a collection of open-source software that is commonly used together to serve web applications. The term LAMP is an acronym that represents the configuration of a Linux operating system with an Apache web server, with site data stored in a MySQL database and dynamic content processed by PHP. The LAMP stack represents Read more about What is LAMP?[…]
LEMP refers to a collection of open-source software that is commonly used together to serve web applications. The term LEMP is an acronym that represents the configuration of a Linux operating system with an nginx (pronounced engine-x, hence the E in the acronym) web server, with site data stored in a MySQL database and dynamic Read more about What is LEMP?[…]
Django is an open source Python web framework used for web development. Released in July 2005, Django is popular for its component-based architecture making applications more flexible and scalable as they grow. The framework’s Model-Template-View (MTV) structure encourages the don’t-repeat-yourself (DRY) development principle as well as reusability across projects. As a result of its design, Read more about What is Django?[…]
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The author selected Open Sourcing Mental Illness to receive a donation as part of the Write for DOnations program. Introduction Vue.js is a popular JavaScript framework for creating user interfaces. Created in 2014 by Evan You (formally of Google), Vue.js is often described as a combination of React and Angular, borrowing the prop-driven development of Read more about How To Generate a Vue.js Single Page App With the Vue CLI[…]
The author selected the Free and Open Source Fund to receive a donation as part of the Write for DOnations program. Introduction Ansible is a configuration management tool that executes playbooks, which are lists of customizable actions written in YAML on specified target servers. It can perform all bootstrapping operations, like installing and updating software, Read more about How To Use Ansible with Terraform for Configuration Management[…]
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