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Extremely Useful Applications for Web Development and IT Tasks

July 30, 2020 by Josh Hartman

My personal list of applications that make day-to-day web development and IT tasks easier. I realize that some applications may belong in multiple categories so please look at the entire list to benefit the most. All applications are Windows-based unless otherwise noted. Also, when installing freeware applications beware of bloatware (toolbars, gaming services, etc.) that some try to tack on during the install.

As I find more extremely useful applications i’ll add them here, so you may want to bookmark this page for future reference.

Updated: July 30, 2020 [Read more…]

Filed Under: Computers, Technology Tagged With: applications, freeware, list, software, useful, windows

Preserve your MySQL Databases Between Destroy and Up with Vagrant + PuPHPet on Windows

February 10, 2017 by Josh Hartman

Have you ever run vagrant destroy on your box before you realized you wanted to keep the MySQL databases? Well I have, last night actually. Thankfully I use the wonderful and free Veeam Endpoint Backup to backup daily and was able to restore the old VMDK, connect it to a VirtualBox VM, use Ubuntu recovery mode to gain access, and then backup the databases to a shared folder. So that was an exciting learning experience. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Computers, Web Design & Development Tagged With: mysql, php, puphpet, ubuntu, vagrant, virtualbox, virtualization, windows

Quick Tip: Profiling PHP Applications with Xdebug, WinCacheGrind & XAMPP for Windows

September 1, 2012 by Josh Hartman

In today’s quick tip screencast you’ll learn how you can profile a PHP application, such as WordPress, using Xdebug and WinCacheGrind on XAMPP for Windows.

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Enabling Xdebug on XAMPP for Windows

To enable Xdebug, modify the following settings in your php.ini configuration file:

  • Uncomment the zend_extension = "\xampp\php\ext\php_xdebug.dll" line
  • Set xdebug.profiler_enable_trigger = 1
  • Set xdebug.profiler_output_name = "cachegrind.out.%u.%H_%R"

Save php.ini and restart Apache.

Resources

XAMPP for Windows
WinCacheGrind

Filed Under: Web Design & Development Tagged With: debug, php, profiling, wincachegrind, windows, xampp, xdebug

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