Let’s take a closer look at Linux Files and Directories. Our Linux system has a whole boatload of files. In our case we’re working with homestead which is a custom built Ubuntu Linux server running as a Virtual Machine on VirtualBox. To check how many files and directories a particular directory is comprised of, we can use the tree command with the –a switch to include all files and directories.…
The Linux Filesystem Hierarchy is a key concept you will need to understand. When working on the command line in Linux, you need to have a way to get around so to speak. When all you have is a cursor just blinking at you, it can give the feeling of “ok, what now”? Well, there are a handful of commands to let you begin to navigate around the hierarchy of the Linux filesystem.…
Beginners and Pros alike will want to know How To Use The Linux Terminal in the most efficient way possible. At this point we have a Linux distribution to work with, so let’s start learning at the very beginnings. The beginning is learning about the command line, or shell as it’s also known by. The shell is in fact a program itself, running on the Linux machine, and it accepts linux commands you type in so the system can execute them.…
If you haven’t already, it’s time to Get Started With Linux. As web developers, we work with Linux all the time, even if we don’t know it. Linux powers almost all of the web servers out there on the internet. LAMP is the acronym that stands for Linux Apache MySQL PHP. Microsoft also has the option to support web developers and serve websites with its IIS Internet Information Server technology, but Linux is far and away the more commonly used platform.…
Let’s get started with VirtualBox and Vagrant for creating development environments. This is a fair warning: Should you choose to venture down this path, you are most definitely entering the full blown world known to the hackers as DevOps. DevOps is where dreams go to die. Here at Vegibit, we’ve tended to focus on the fun aspects of Web Development. Things like creating HTML, programming PHP, programming JavaScript and jQuery, designing layouts, and dabbling with full stack frameworks like Laravel, Yii, and Codeigniter.…