VirtualBox Setup and Configuration

VirtualBox Setup and Configuration

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We covered the basics of VirtualBox in the previous post, Introduction to VirtualBox, and will go over installation and configuration here. To start, lets go over basic terminology  of Host OS and Guest OS. Basically Host OS is the operating system you are currently running on your machine. Guest OS(s) is the operating system that will run on your VirtualBox. VirtualBox can be installed on most major operating systems. Head to VirtualBox download page, download and install the package for your…

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Introduction to VirtualBox

Introduction to VirtualBox

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I am going to start Dev Tools series of posts with introduction to VirtualBox. This first post about VirtualBox is going to explain what is VirtualBox and general use cases. In the following posts, once you have a basic understanding of the tool and see if this is something that you want to use, we will show how to install and use it. Later, we will go over some advanced set up and show how to share folders and automate set up with…

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Block Code Highlighting In WordPress

Block Code Highlighting In WordPress

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Since this blog is going to be mostly about web development and programming, one of the things we need to do is add syntax highlight. Syntax highlight helps making the code on your site more readable by highlighting and coloring the blocks of code. After reviewing a few I have decided to go with prism. It is available as a plugin in wordpress, feel free to install it via search in plugins section or download it here. Full description of…

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New Theme – Nisarg

New Theme – Nisarg

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I just got the new blog up and running, the first thing I decided to do is change the default theme. After looking at a few free themes I though Nisarg was great suit for a developer blog. It is clean, responsive and easy. It was easy to add by going to “Appearance” -> “Themes” -> “Add New” and typing Nisarg in the search box, downloading and activating. I will do some edits as I develop it further but for now…

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