apache

The .htaccess file in Drupal 7 / Drupal 8

tomo — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 04:18:37 +0000

March 17, 2016

An "htaccess" file is a configuration file read and used by the Apache web server to configure settings local to your website or even just a subdirectory in the website. These are local settings as opposed to what you would configure in .conf files in Apache's conf directory.

There should be a dot in the filename: .htaccess - and so the file will often be hidden or invisible in directory listings unless you specify that hidden or system files should appear. But the file should exist in any Drupal installation in the top-most directory of Drupal (next to the README and...

MEAN vs LAMP stacks defined and compared

tomo — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 16:00:00 +0000

March 4, 2016

lamp mean mongodb express.js node.js linux apache mysql php

The long popular web development stack LAMP is slowly being chipped away from its dominant position by newer, trending technologies, letter by letter. MEAN is one total replacement which has been gaining ground lately.

What do those acronyms mean?

MEAN: MongoDB, ExpressJS, AngularJS, Node.js
LAMP: Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP

MongoDB is a NoSQL database which won't support your existing applications because they would require some sort of relational database with SQL querying capability, probably including a whole lot of very custom...