Semaphore is excited about building a collection of technical articles to help software developers expand their knowledge and advance their craft. The goal is to build a collection of high […]
Introduction This article explains how to format Semaphore tutorials. By following the details in this guide and the companion Style Guide, your tutorial will match all of the Semaphore guidelines. […]
Introduction Capistrano is a popular tool for web application deployment, especially in the Ruby ecosystem where it originated. But Capistrano is being used to deploy applications made in any programming […]
Introduction OpenShift is Red Hat’s cloud computing platform as a service. It’s based on open source OpenShift Origin project. The platform officially supports a number of languages: Java, PHP, Ruby, […]
Gradle is a free Java build tool for project automation, similar to Ant and Maven. It’s used by software developers working in Java for running common repetitive tasks in project […]
Introduction Over the last fifteen years, SSH has become a standard tool for remote management of Unix-like systems and many network devices. SSH stands for Secure Shell, and is one […]
It’s a shame that, almost since its creation, JavaScript had been considered more of a quick hack than an actual programming language. Lacking the tools and the community that other […]
Introduction Dependencies are essential for modern development. They save you time and energy. Functionalities you may need for your app like sending e-mails or logging can all be easily included […]
Grunt is a command line Javascript task runner utilizing Node.js platform. It runs custom defined repetitious tasks and manages process automation. The project’s homepage lists many big players in software […]
Deploying web applications is an integral part of modern web development. From this need, many tools have emerged to make the process as easy as possible. Rocketeer is heavily influenced […]
Introduction Rails is great, but often it is not the best tool for creating smaller applications. For smaller size apps, especially those that are mainly focused around pure JSON APIs, […]
Introduction Continuous integration is a practice that helps developers deliver better software in a more reliable and predictable manner. This article deals with the problems developers face while writing, testing […]
The practice of continuous delivery is steadily gaining ground in the PHP community. It is no wonder: continuous integration keeps your development risk-free by automatically testing every new version of […]
Treating infrastructure as code refers to writing code, via any descriptive language, to manage server provisioning and configuration process in addition to deployment of actual application code. It involves adopting […]
This is a guest blog post from Chris Kottom, a longtime Ruby and Rails developer and maker of the best chili con carne to be found in Prague.