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Archived Posts from June, 2006

  1. Install SQLite Locally on OS X

    SQLite is a nice little database engine that can be incredibly fast as a website backend. Installing it on OS X is equally quick.

  2. Virtual Hosting on OS X

    Setting up virtual domains on your local OS X Apache installation is pretty easy. Here’s a quick description of the process.

  3. Subversion Post-Commit Hooks 101

    The “Hello World!” of Subversion post-commit hooks is the use of SVNnotify to send e-mails out to a project team every time a new revision is committed to the repository. This is easier than it sounds.

  4. Working with Subversion File Properties

    Subversion has a very powerful system for associating metadata with the files you have under version control. This article describes how to automate the process of adding properties to the files you put under version control using auto-props.

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