Jackson Isaac Bug Fixing, Foss, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials

Contributing to Mozilla: Building Firefox


All the coders out there, it's for some bug fixing. So let's take up Mozilla Organization and try to fix some bugs in Firefox Browser. Wouldn't it be awesome if we could contribute to our favorite browser and next time when we use it, we can be proud to say that this particular feature or … Continue reading Contributing to Mozilla: Building Firefox

Jackson Isaac Foss, Linux, Open Source

VIM – Developer’s Magic-Wand


I assume most of my blog visitors are familiar with Linux or Unix and FreeBSD. VIM is a very powerful editor for Linux and Unix based OS. It is pre-installed in most of the recent distros. VIM stands for "VI Improved", which is based on VI (used in command line interface). VIM can be used … Continue reading VIM – Developer’s Magic-Wand

Jackson Isaac Foss, Open Source

Getting Started with P2PU: Webmaking 101 #1 Introduce Yourself


It's been quite a time since my last post on account of exams and other academics. I have started with webmaking course on P2PU, A peer-to-peer University with loads of courses to take up. I came across this website from an email from OSFY(Open Source For You) India. You can Register for P2PU here. I … Continue reading Getting Started with P2PU: Webmaking 101 #1 Introduce Yourself

Jackson Isaac Foss, Open Source, Tutorials

using line_profiler with python


This post will help you to use line_profiler for python (2.5.x) as well as python3 (python 3.x) line_profiler will help you to profile the time taken to execute each individual lines of code. The profiler is implemented in C via Cython, an optimizing static compiler for Python programming language as well as Cython programming language … Continue reading using line_profiler with python