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The Unix command scp (which stands for "secure copy protocol") is a simple tool for uploading or downloading files (or directories) to/from a remote machine. The transfer is done on top of SSH, which is how it maintains its familiar options (like for specifying identities and credentials)...
Scott Robinson
For web applications especially, formatting a date is a pretty common task. Take a look at just about any website, whether it's an email client like Gmail, Twitter, or even on Stack Abuse articles, there is inevitably a date/time string somewhere on the page. In many cases, especially apps...
One of the most common things you'll want to do with just about any programming language is open and read a file. With most languages, this is pretty simple, but for JavaScript veterans it might seem a bit weird. For so many years JavaScript was only available in the browser,...
One of the most fundamental uses of an HTTP server is to serve static files to a user's browser, like CSS, JavaScript, or image files. Beyond normal browser usage, there are thousands of other reasons you'd need to serve a static files, like for downloading music or scientific data. Either...
There are quite a few ways to send email with Python, whether it be through a 3rd party library like with boto and SES, or through an email protocol like SMTP. While the subject of using Python to send emails may seem like it's been done to death, there are...
There are quite a few ways to solve a problem in programming, and this holds true especially in Python. Many times you'll find that multiple built-in or standard modules serve essentially the same purpose, but with slightly varying functionality. Checking if a file or directory exists using Python is definitely...
As with just about any open source software package, there are quite a few ways to install Python on Mac OSX. I figured it would be helpful to detail a few of the easiest ways to install Python, including the following: Homebrew Packaged binaries From Source These are the most...
Asynchronous programming has been gaining a lot of traction in the past few years, and for good reason. Although it can be more difficult than the traditional linear style, it is also much more efficient. For example, instead of waiting for an HTTP request to finish before continuing execution, with...
Within the past 6 months alone, Node.js has gone from v0.12.x to v5.1.x. There were 35+ releases in that time period, with each one adding some significant functionality or bugs fixes. A big part of this jump was the merging of io.js in to...
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