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Is your Linux computer running slow?

Well for me it is very slow.  Recently, I upgraded from CentOS 6 to Centos 7.  CentOS 6 was lightening fast.  Since the upgrade CentOS 7 has been so slow in comparison.  But when I say slow, it has been appallingly slow.  It just was unable to reach anywhere the performance of 6.  Which seems odd, given high transmission speed and powerful hardware.   It still takes forever in executing or processing services or applications.

Core Data - customising the data model with a enum

Core Data - customising our data model

When you are using Core Data, and let's say that you have a requirement to have an attribute where the options available should be a defined list.  Such as "Not Started", "Pending", "In Development" and "Completed".  How do you create this as an option in Core Data?  

SwiftUI partial or full screen .sheet or .fullScreenCover

SwiftUI’s sheets are used to present new views over existing ones, while still allowing users to drag down to dismiss the new view when they are ready.  To use a sheet, you need to give it something to show (such as a custom view), add a Boolean that defines whether the detail view should be showing, then attach it to your main view as a modal sheet.

Xcode succeeded but nothing happens

I attempted the run command and the response I had was succeeded, but then nothing else happened!

I usually have this problem when a dependency is not updated.

The following steps usually works for me... note in bold are the Terminal commands such as (rm -rf Podfile.lock):

Install node via Homebrew including npm install: could not symlink error

Step 1: Install Homebrew

Homebrew is the missing package manager for macOS.

As per the Homebrew site, paste the following in a macOS Terminal prompt.

$ /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

This acton will install Homebrew on your OSX.  Using the following command you can check the brew version

$ brew -v

 

Getting SMTP mail working in October CMS

Setting up the mail configuration in October CMS is a quick progress.  Depending on which mail method you use there are up to eight fields to complete:

How to solve "The provided host name is not valid for this server" in Drupal

Don't worry this is an issue that many Drupal developers have come across. In particular it raises its head when you add a subdomain.  Your Drupal website is only showing a plain white screen with “The provided host name is not valid for this server" on it. What does it mean and how to fix it.

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