Brian Hogan Author
I manage the Write for DOnations program, write and edit community articles, and make things on the Internet.
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- Ruby
- Linux
- JavaScript
- Elixir
- Ruby on Rails
- Phoenix
- Bash
- Docker
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- Kubernetes
- React
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Edited Tutorial
How To Install Java with Apt on Ubuntu 18.04
In this guide, you will install various versions of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and the Java Developer Kit (JDK) using apt . You'll install OpenJDK as well as official packages from Oracle. You'll then select t... -
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How To Install Ruby on Rails with rbenv on Ubuntu 20.04
Ruby on Rails is one of the most popular application stacks for developers looking to create sites and web apps. Using rbenv will provide you with a solid environment for developing your Ruby on Rails applications as ... -
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How To Install and Use Docker on Ubuntu 20.04
Docker is an application that simplifies the process of managing application processes in containers. In this tutorial, you'll install and use Docker Community Edition (CE) on Ubuntu 20.04. You'll install Docker itse... -
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Using Grep & Regular Expressions to Search for Text Patterns in Linux
Grep is a tool used to search for specified patterns within text input using regular expressions. Regular expressions are a system for describing complex text patterns. Regular expressions are a powerful tool that c... -
Published Tutorial
How To Install Java with Apt on Ubuntu 20.04
In this guide, you will install various versions of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and the Java Developer Kit (JDK) using apt on Ubuntu 20.04. You'll install OpenJDK as well as the official JDK from Oracle. You'll... -
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How To Install and Use Docker on Ubuntu 18.04
Docker is an application that simplifies the process of managing application processes in containers. In this tutorial, you'll install and use Docker Community Edition (CE) on Ubuntu 18.04. You'll install Docker itse... -
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How To Use Visual Studio Code for Remote Development via the Remote-SSH Plugin
In this tutorial, you'll enable the Remote-SSH plugin, configure Visual Studio Code to execute code on the remote server, and execute code from your local Visual Studio Code installation on the remote server. -
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How To Install and Use Homebrew on macOS
Homebrew (http://brew.sh) is a package manager for macOS which lets you install free and open-source software using your terminal. In this tutorial you'll install and use Homebrew on your Mac. -
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How To Use Git to Manage Your Writing Project
Version control isn't just for code. It's for anything you want to track, including content. In this tutorial you'll use Git to manage a small writing project in Markdown. You'll store an initial version, commit it, m... -
Published Tutorial in Series: How To Manage Infrastructure with Terraform
How To Use Terraform with DigitalOcean
Terraform is a tool for building and managing infrastructure in an organized way. In this tutorial, you'll install and use Terraform to create an infrastructure on DigitalOcean that consists of two Nginx servers that ... -
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How to Download Files with cURL
Download files from a remote server to your local system from the command-line using the curl command. -
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DigitalOcean's Technical Writing Guidelines
DigitalOcean is excited to continue building out its collection of technical articles related to server administration and software engineering. To keep the DigitalOcean community unified and to ensure that articles f... -
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How To Deploy a Next.js App to App Platform
In this tutorial, you will deploy a Next.js application to DigitalOcean's App Platform using a Static Export and a Custom Server. -
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How To Build and Deploy a Hugo Site to DigitalOcean App Platform
In this tutorial you'll use Hugo to build a small static web site and then deploy the site to DigitalOcean App Platform. -
Published Tutorial in Series: How To Code in Ruby
How To Use IRB to Explore Ruby
IRB, short for Interactive Ruby, is a REPL (read-eval-print loop) which serves as a quick way to explore the Ruby programming language and try out code without creating a file. In this tutorial, you'll use IRB to run ... -
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How to Rewrite URLs with mod_rewrite for Apache on Ubuntu 20.04
Apache's modrewrite module lets you redirect URLs based on additional conditions, or rewrite URLs in a cleaner fashion, translating human-readable paths into code-friendly query string. In this tutorial, you'll enable... -
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How to Rewrite URLs with mod_rewrite for Apache on Ubuntu 18.04
Apache's modrewrite module lets you redirect URLs based on additional conditions, or rewrite URLs in a cleaner fashion, translating human-readable paths into code-friendly query string. In this tutorial, you'll enable... -
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How To Configure Nginx as a Web Server and Reverse Proxy for Apache on One Ubuntu 18.04 Server
In this tutorial you'll configure Nginx as both a web server and as a reverse proxy for Apache to host four domains on a single server. -
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How To Generate Universally Unique Identifiers (UUIDs) with uuidgen
Generate universally unique identifiers from the command-line using the uuidgen command. -
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How To Install MongoDB from the Default APT Repositories on Ubuntu 18.04
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