I recently had to make some updates to my VirtualBox and Vagrant installations and decided to completely uninstall VirtualBox to reinstall the newest version to start fresh. I am creating this post as a future reference (mostly for the home folder info) but also to share. Step 1: Completely Remove All VirtualBox Packages and Folders from Ubuntu If you are interested in … [Read more...] about Remove VirtualBox from Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial
Clear all Node Modules Folders Recursively Mac/Linux
If you do any kind of front end development or front end development training, you have probably accumulated a bunch of projects with aging/stale "node_modules" directories. Are you going to take time to open every single old project you have to nuke the node_modules directory? Nobody has time for that. I wanted to migrate a bunch of old code to an archive drive and because … [Read more...] about Clear all Node Modules Folders Recursively Mac/Linux
Webstorm adding spaces between imports and braces | JavaScript and TypeScript
I have been working with Angular 4x and TypeScript in Webstorm a lot lately and have been guilty of the occasional sloppy import statement. If you found this article, you are probably doing the same thing. Because adding spaces between the import and braces is super tedious, I took some time to find a solution. I can't take all of the credit for this. Some awesome people … [Read more...] about Webstorm adding spaces between imports and braces | JavaScript and TypeScript
Get Column Names From Access Database Table with VBA
It has been a long time since I have added a VBA post, so here is something that I had to quickly put together for a little project that I am working on this evening. I have a really large table with a bunch of fieldnames that I need to query through to make some sample data for another project. I thought that it would be easiest to quickly grab all of the field names … [Read more...] about Get Column Names From Access Database Table with VBA
How to Get Linux Distro Name and Kernel Version from the Command Line
If you are using Linux as a development environment, to install a new utility, or for an almost infinite number of other reasons, it may be helpful to get the current version from the command line. Get Current Ubuntu Version From Command Line If you are an Ubuntu or Debian user, you can get the latest distro from the command line by running the following: lsb_release … [Read more...] about How to Get Linux Distro Name and Kernel Version from the Command Line