Debugging in PHP with XDebug

Debugging in PHP does not necessarily mean "print" or "log" debugging, even if one's using Lampp.

While checking out how to set up a good Joomla! 3 development environment, I've learned how to set up XDebug and configure it for PHP debugging.
Just check the correct XDebug version numbers and don't just "copy-paste" the settings.

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Enable NTFS Write support on Mac OS X

Here's how to have NTFS support on Mac OS X:
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Virtuemart Tutorials

While looking for some Virtuemart information, I came across this Virtuemart Tutorials and found it simple yet complete. It's for version 2.5, but it's still accurate.
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Django Development Mistakes In 2014

A good collection of best practices and shared know-how: Django Development Mistakes In 2014.

How to include a local font in CSS

Web development usually includes nice fonts defined from a CSS file. The fonts can be located on a third party server, like Google Fonts, or locally at your own server, just beside the CSS file.

Sometimes one finds very nice fonts but cannot rely on third party servers, which forces one to include the fonts locally.
I've come up with a simple solution to avoid this tedious task:

1. Download the fonts you wish, e.g. from Google Fonts add them to your collection and then get them as a zip file.
2. Go to Font Squirrel Webfont Generator and upload the font files.
3. Wait for the end of the font process and download the kit.

With this simple steps, one gets the fonts and the correspondent CSS file ready for usage, just import the "stylesheet.css" file into your own CSS files.

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How to Read a Patent

Just came across this interesting post about how to read a patent.

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Django Rest Framework Introduction

Here is an interesting article about the Djano Rest Framework: Django Rest Framework - an Introduction

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