Debugging Github Actions
Recently I had the tricky task of getting Behat to run as a CI step in a github actions file.
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Stop Your Moodle LMS from Nagging
Whether your Moodle LMS site is public or private, there are several good reasons to register your Moodle LMS-based site
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Version Control – Git GUI
Using the Git GUI to manage your version control.
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Behat — “Given” for the win!
Behat — “Given” for the win! I’ve been using Behat for about six years, primarily with Moodle but also from the ground up
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Moodle LMS Plugins: Step-by-Step Guide to Installation and Activation
Out of the box, Moodle LMS is a powerful learning management system that allows you to deliver courses to learners
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Some more Java
As a follow on from ‘A little bit more Java’, this time we will progress to look at how we can input from the command line and enhance our program even further. The beginnings of a program can be an uphill struggle as we work away to get something that actually does something. Now we’ve made progress, that hill will start to soften and we’ll be able to add more functionality now that we have our base.
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Version Control – Git Command Line Tool
Git is a piece of software that allows you to manage the versioning of files. In this article in our
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Disable PHP code sniffer rules
I work with Moodle code a lot and on most (if not all) projects codesniffer is employed to ensure a
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Moodle 4.x LMS: Show/Hide Profile Sections and Fields
Almost a year ago, we discussed how to Show/Hide user profile sections and fields in Moodle 3.9, 3.10 and 3.11.
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Calendar
In recent years, I’ve been creating a calendar using images that I’ve taken. Back in 2002, I created a small Java program that prints out the calendar for the next twelve months. In my themes and on the MoodleBites eLearningWorld theme courses I have code that arranges the Moodle blocks horizontally, this is partly facilitated through the employment of column CSS classes that are based upon the ideas implemented in the Bootstrap framework. Combine all of these thoughts, and add to my recent posts with Java then I thought ‘Why can’t I get Java to create a calendar just like the one I have printed?’. And that’s what this month is all about, where we will additionally see how pre-processing of HTML output can be designed and implemented from scratch.
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