How to debug make: tips for debugging makefiles

The purpose of the make utility is to determine automatically which pieces of a large program need to be recompiled, and issue the commands to recompile them.
To prepare to use make, you must write a file called the makefile that describes the relationships among files in your program, and [...]

HTTP Error 500 Internal server for php pages and solution

You get “500 - Internal server error” error message when a user tries to access your Apache or Lighttpd based dynamic php application (such as forum or blog software).
Generally, to solve this problem you need to take help of log files located at following location:
=> /var/log/message
=> /var/log/httpd/error_logs (/var/log/lighttpd/error_log or /var/log/httpd/error_log)
So you may be wondering why [...]

Sun to release Java Micro Edition Source Code

According to the SUN’s chief open source officer, Simon Phipps, they plan to release the source code of its Java Micro Edition (J2ME) implementation before the end of the year. J2ME provides an assortment of APIs for developing small-screen applications on embedded devices like PDAs and cell phones. Nonetheless, Sun’s decision to make Java [...]

Python Network Programming howto

I am thinking to learn some networking stuff using python. This tutorial will come handy as python has very good built-in support for both socket and various Internet protocols (perl uses 3rd party tools or cpan modules as compare to Python).
Networking is an essential task in software applications nowadays. Many programming languages have support for [...]