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How to delete a Git branch both locally and remotely

If you are not using a gui for github like Sourcetree or Github desktop but you prefer using git from console then you might might wondering how you can delete a branch both from server/remote and from local. The commands you can use are the

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Hundreds of free online courses about programming

A few years ago there were very little resources to those who wanted to start a career in development. You either had to graduate from a university or reading books. Today there are many free online courses available to anyone. The quality is really high due

OrangePi Zero as an Ad-Block server with Pi-Hole [GUIDE]

I recently purchased from Aliexpress the latest Orange Pi Zero for 6.99$. It is a nice little microcomputer with the specs you see below: Hardware specification CPU H2 Quad-core Cortex-A7 H.265/HEVC 1080P. GPU ·Mali400MP2 GPU @600MHz ·Supports OpenGL ES 2.0 Memory (SDRAM) 256MB/512MB DDR3 SDRAM(Share with GPU)(256MB

Get the title of a referral url with Javascript

If there is a need to retrieve the title by just passing the url to one of your applications this can be done with this tiny jQuery plugin I wrote. It uses yql to bypass the cors restriction and its really easy to use. Requirements

Add bluetooth control to a toy truck

Adding Bluetooth control is not a difficult task these days. Its really inexpensive too. The main component in this small project is the bluetooth module HC-05 that you can get it shipped from eBay for less than 5 us dollars. My son had a small toy

Mobile/Tablet Emulation in Chrome

The easiest way I found so far to do a quick check on how the website I am working on appears in some of the most popular mobile devices is through the latest versions of Google chrome. So just browse to your website and then

Trinket Pinout Diagram

Trinkets are tiny avr controllers that are becoming popular due to their small size. Adafruit is the place if you want to purchase one. A member(TheKitty) of adafruit forums posted a nice pinout diagram that is very handy especially for the beginners.

How to add a backend to your Angular app with Firebase

A great article on how to connect your Angular application to a Firebase database was posted in ng-newletter website and it shows how easy it is nowadays to store information. In a few words what you have to do is to add a couple of

Mobile Web Development – Free course

I find Udacity courses really informative and instructors are doing great job. Recently I spot a free course there about mobile web development which gives all the fundamentals to a beginner. Have a look at the description below: In this course, you will learn how

You have old floppy drives? Make a cnc!

If you still have some floppy drives around Richard Harris is showing you how to make a small cnc in a ten video series. As you may know in order to make a cnc you need stepper motors. Floppy drives were using stepper motors so