Alan Storm

Portland, OR

http://alanstorm.com

Portland based Web Developer/Programmer/Engineer. Projects include No Frills Magento Layout, the only Magento layout book you'll ever need and Commerce Bug, the debugging extension for the Magento Ecommerce system.

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Oracle: If Table Exists

sql oracle sql-drop asked Nov 25, 2009 at 18:46

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292 votes

MySQL OPTIMIZE all tables?

mysql sql asked Mar 29, 2011 at 15:01

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268 votes

Command to get nth line of STDOUT

bash shell sed stdout asked Sep 15, 2009 at 20:53

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217 votes

How to send data to local clipboard from a remote SSH session

linux osx unix shell clipboard asked Jul 20, 2009 at 8:35

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138 votes

Magento 2: Replacement for Mage::log method?

magento2 log psr-logger asked Dec 3, 2015 at 4:06

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133 votes

Finding the PHP File (at run time) where a Class was Defined

php reflection class asked Mar 10, 2010 at 19:55

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118 votes

Using do block vs braces {}

ruby coding-style asked Jan 23, 2010 at 6:31

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116 votes

jQuery: $().click(fn) vs. $().bind('click',fn);

javascript jquery event-handling asked Feb 6, 2009 at 1:24

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109 votes

How are nested capturing groups numbered in regular expressions?

java .net regex perl language-agnostic asked Aug 21, 2009 at 19:54

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104 votes

Explanation of UI Component Grid in Magento 2

magento2 php layout uicomponent asked Jan 14, 2016 at 23:05

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How does "this" keyword work within a function?

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546

How do I create a simple 'Hello World' module in Magento?

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505

Interface or an Abstract Class: which one to use?

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309

Why won't my PHP app send a 404 error?

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188

Why is Magento so slow?

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161

Magento - Retrieve products with a specific attribute value

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152

Magento Payment flow

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143

Good JavaScript Books?

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142

Difference between assetic:dump and assets:install

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137

Dealing with Anti-Microsoft Trolls on The Internet

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127

PHP: Count a stdClass object

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126

Magento 1.9 Can’t login to admin panel!

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117

PHP cURL, extract an XML response

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113

MacPorts or Fink?

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112

Is writing self closing tags for elements not traditionally empty bad practice?

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105

How to chain method on a newly created object?

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Magento getSingleton confusion

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In Javascript, why is the "this" operator inconsistent?

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Rationale behind SimpleXMLElement's handling of text values in addChild and addAttribute

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Are there legitimate uses for JavaScript's "with" statement?

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Magento XML using before/after to place blocks hardly ever works

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Magento - Passing data between a controller and a block

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Magento died after compilation: how to disable using compiled files without admin panel access?

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Clearing Magento Log Data

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Magento system.xml and 404 error when trying to access the configuration panel

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My Magento Extension Install Script Will Not Run

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What is meant by the term "hook" in programming?

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About Collection Model and Resource Model

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How can I tell if a Magento request is for a frontend or backend page?

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Laravel 5 Models Folder

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