Hopefully it’s obvious that separating configuration from application code is always a good idea. One simple and effective way I’ve found to do this in my python (think bottle, flask, etc.) apps is with a simple JSON configuration file. Choosing JSON makes sense for a few reasons: Easy to read (for humans) Easy to consume… Continue reading
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A Review of Docker
The most strikingly different characteristic of Docker, when compared to other deployment platforms, is the single responsibility per container Design (although some see it differently). One reason this looks so different is that many application developers view the complete software stack on which they deploy as a collection of components on a single logical server…. Continue reading →
Access Apache LDAP authentication details in PHP
Today I was working on a small web application that will run on a corporate intranet. There was an existing LDAP server and many existing web apps use the authentication details cached in the browser (Basic Authentication) to identify a user and determine access levels. My application is written in PHP and I wanted to… Continue reading →