Tiny Django Tips – Use cycle instead of boring “if else” in template tags

Use of Cycle in Django Template

Often we need to do alternate things in every steps of a django template for loop while doing things in a loop in a django template. For example, let's say you want to create a widget similar to the following image widget - to show various job types In this example, The Job Type widget…

Setup Nginx Reverse Proxy to access PostgreSQL database remotely

In this tutorial, we will be discussing how we can leverage the power of Nginx to create a reverse proxy for our PostgreSQL server. This will allow us to access our PostgreSQL database from remote servers. So for example, let's say you have an app hosted in a vps and you would like to access the app db from your local computer.

How to read Data Matrix using Python in Linux

In this article, I'm going to introduce you to an interesting python module named pylibdmtx! This library is written based on the libdmtx library. You can install it in Ubuntu by using the following command: sudo apt install libdmtx0a Now that you have the library installed let's install pylibdmtx. I'm assuming you already have python…

How to download a file from a website link using Python script or, code snippet

How to download files using python

In this article, I’m going to demonstrate some code snippets that you can utilize to download files from the Internet using Python. Before we begin, you might be wondering why go through all the hassles of writing scripts to download files when you can simply click and download it by opening it on a browser!…

TIL – Renaming a Git Branch

To rename a git branch locally type the following: git branch -m <new_branch_name> Example of renaming a local git branch Let's say we had a branch `patch_stikcynavbar` and we want to fix the spelling then we just type: git checkout patch_stikcynavbar git branch -m patch_stickynavbar Example of renaming a remote git branch First, we rename…

How to run Multiple Terminal Sessions on Linux VPS Server

In this article, I will introduce you with one of the handy tool for your vps servers. It is an extremely useful app for maintaining multiple terminal sessions through just one window! This Command Line Utility is called Screen.You may think of it as a Manager who manages different terminal sessions for you using shell.…

TIL – How to extract 7z compressed file?

It's pretty simple, in ubuntu you will need a package called: p7zip-full, You can install it from apt using the following command: apt-get install p7zip-full This will enable the 7z command for you. Using that command you can extract the 7z compressed file. For example let's say you have a file my_file.7z. To extract this…