OpenLampTech issue #74
MariaDB in the database market | WordPress for the web | The Linux Shebang | Laravel array input validation. The OpenLampTech developer newsletter delivers each week!
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From Sun to the cloud: MariaDB carves out space in database market
In my opinion, MariaDB is the database that does a lot but gets little credit for it. I don't have any stats or fancy-dancy reports for that. Just my feelings (that I don't agree with). What I will say is this, don't sleep on MariaDB.
10 Strong Points That Make Drupal Perfect for Web Development
Many government agencies and similar organizations choose Drupal for their web properties. And, for good reason too. Most of them (and more) are on this list.
How Has WordPress Become the Go-To For Web Development?
With some stats and reports showing almost 40% of the internet runs on WordPress, it's no surprise that this could be the case. Is WordPress the go-to for the web? Looks like it to me.
How to Quickly and Efficiently Create Tests for MySQL
In application development, we don't (or at least speaking for myself) normally think about testing the actual database code. But we should. Especially stored procedures and user-defined functions.
What Is the Shebang (#!) Character Sequence in Linux?
With all of the different shells (Korn, c, Zsh, etc…) that can be on a particular Linux installation, Bash is typically the interpreter that executes shell scripts. The Shebang #!
dictates that the bash shell should run this script.
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WordPress functions.php File: The Ultimate Guide + Helpful Code Snippets
I've become quite familiar with the functions.php
file as I research more WooCommerce customizations and implement them in a WordPress child theme. Here is more information on this important WordPress file.
Security Tip: Validating Array Inputs
Validating user input in any application is crucial. Laravel developer and security expert
dives into validating array inputs in this newsletter issue of .Fill Gaps in Statistical Time Series Results
SQL databases store present data but not missing data. If it was stored, it wouldn't be missing, right? Both MySQL and PostgreSQL have some crafty ways you can fill in the date and time series data gaps.
Interesting Tech News and Articles 📰
Data of 30 million WordPress users leaked by top cloud accounting firm (04-10-2023)
Intuit Mailchimp Adds AI Email Content Generator for Marketing
WooCommerce News and Updates
WooCommerce 7.6 Released (04-13-2023)
WooCommerce Blocks 10.0.0 Release Notes (04-12-2023)
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