Development

Named Groups in Python Regular Expressions

Sep 11, 2013 · 3 min read · Python Regex

To anybody working with Unix and Linux systems, regular expressions or regexes are extremely useful for fast pattern matching in scripts. First there were basic regexes now known as BREs as used by traditional Unix utilities like sed, and then came along the even more useful Perl Enhanced Regular Expressions. So useful …

Getting VIM Powerline Working with Putty

Sep 9, 2013 · 3 min read · Development Linux Git

After using vim and vi for more years than I care to remember, I came across the vim powerline plugin for the first time today. What an excellent vim statusline, and now I've been using it myself, I can see why it's so popular (that's a relative term - as in popular for a vim extensions! ) Following the installation …

Git Cloning Behind a Proxy

Sep 6, 2013 · 1 min read · Git

Normally my development environment lives on my nicely configured workstation. However, sometimes you're on a server, with no certificate chain installed for verification and behind a corporate firewall where git protocol is blocked and not permitted. If you just want to get at the code, using the https url to the git …

Integrated Web Serving with BaseHTTPServer

Aug 16, 2013 · 2 min read · Python Linux

These last few days I have been writing a command line reporting program at work. For Linux techs, formatted terminal output works great and is actually their preferred view. However, for managers, you simple must have the eye candy of a GUI. Normally in these situations, I would simply add CGI code and then bundle a …