Perl Catalyst Tutorial needs us to download a virtual machine

I was trying to explore more about how and where Perl is used on the web. I figured out that there are a lot of web frameworks that are based on Perl. Catalyst seems to be a nice MVC framework that is really popular. I thought I’d take some time off to learn more about it. And I downloaded all the necessary packages and modules and then went on to check out the tutorial which is posted here: Catalyst Tutorial. I am already using Ubuntu on a virtual machine. My laptop came pre-loaded with Windows 8. And I’ve upgraded it to Windows 8.1. I always wanted to own a Linux laptop. But thinking about the lack of availability of games, I chose Windows over Linux. But I still can’t avoid using Linux as I always use it at work. Though recently I made a move to a windows based development team, which still has some code on non-windows based boxes. ...

February 9, 2014 · 2 min · 305 words

Windows Run box

Some cool windows hacks that I learned recently. Open the run command dialog box and type in the following short cuts to access the corresponding windows utilities. Accessibility Controls - access.cpl Accessibility Wizard - accwiz Add Hardware Wizard - hdwwiz.cpl Add/Remove Programs - appwiz.cpl Administrative Tools - control admintools Automatic Updates - wuaucpl.cpl Bluetooth Transfer Wizard - fsquirt Calculator - calc Certificate Manager - certmgr.msc Character Map - charmap Check Disk Utility - chkdsk Clipboard Viewer - clipbrd Command Prompt - cmd Component Services - dcomcnfg Computer Management - compmgmt.msc Control Panel - control Date and Time Properties - timedate.cpl DDE Shares - ddeshare Device Manager - devmgmt.msc Direct X Troubleshooter - dxdiag Disk Cleanup Utility - cleanmgr Disk Defragment - dfrg.msc Disk Management - diskmgmt.msc Disk Partition Manager - diskpart Display Properties - control desktop Display Properties - desk.cpl Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting­ Utility - drwtsn32 Driver Verifier Utility - verifier Event Viewer - eventvwr.msc Files and Settings Transfer Tool - migwiz File Signature Verification Tool - sigverif Findfast - findfast.cpl Firefox - firefox Folders Properties - control folders Fonts - control fonts Fonts Folder - fonts Free Cell Card Game - freecell Game Controllers - joy.cpl Group Policy Editor (for xp professional) - gpedit.msc Hearts Card Game - mshearts Help and Support - helpctr HyperTerminal - hypertrm Iexpress Wizard - iexpress Indexing Service - ciadv.msc Internet Connection Wizard - icwconn1 Internet Explorer - iexplore Internet Properties - inetcpl.cpl Keyboard Properties - control keyboard Local Security Settings - secpol.msc Local Users and Groups - lusrmgr.msc Logs You Out Of Windows - logoff Malicious Software Removal Tool - mrt Microsoft Chat - winchat Microsoft Movie Maker - moviemk Microsoft Paint - mspaint Microsoft Syncronization Tool - mobsync Minesweeper Game - winmine Mouse Properties - control mouse Mouse Properties - main.cpl Netmeeting - conf Network Connections - control netconnections Network Connections - ncpa.cpl Network Setup Wizard - netsetup.cpl Notepad - notepad Object Packager - packager ODBC Data Source Administrator - odbccp32.cpl On Screen Keyboard - osk Outlook Express - msimn Paint - pbrush Password Properties - password.cpl Performance Monitor - perfmon.msc Performance Monitor - perfmon Phone and Modem Options - telephon.cpl Phone Dialer - dialer Pinball Game - pinball Power Configuration - powercfg.cpl Printers and Faxes - control printers Printers Folder - printers Regional Settings - intl.cpl Registry Editor - regedit Registry Editor - regedit32 Remote Access Phonebook - rasphone Remote Desktop - mstsc Removable Storage - ntmsmgr.msc Removable Storage Operator Requests - ntmsoprq.msc Resultant Set of Policy (for xp professional) - rsop.msc Scanners and Cameras - sticpl.cpl Scheduled Tasks - control schedtasks Security Center - wscui.cpl Services - services.msc Shared Folders - fsmgmt.msc Shuts Down Windows - shutdown Sounds and Audio - mmsys.cpl Spider Solitare Card Game - spider SQL Client Configuration - cliconfg System Configuration Editor - sysedit System Configuration Utility - msconfig System Information - msinfo32 System Properties - sysdm.cpl Task Manager - taskmgr TCP Tester - tcptest Telnet Client - telnet User Account Management - nusrmgr.cpl Utility Manager - utilman Windows Address Book - wab Windows Address Book Import Utility - wabmig Windows Explorer - explorer Windows Firewall - firewall.cpl Windows Magnifier - magnify Windows Management Infrastructure - wmimgmt.msc Windows Media Player - wmplayer Windows Messenger - msmsgs Windows System Security Tool - syskey Windows Update Launches - wupdmgr Windows Version - winver Wordpad - write

May 7, 2013 · 3 min · 559 words