Clone code from git repository: git clone http://github.com/zsloan/genenetwork.git gene Pull from branch in git repository: git pull origin flask(or whatever the branch is) To fix error "mysql_config not found": sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev Install from requirements.txt: pip install -r gene/wqflask/requirements.txt -t ve27 ============================================ To get server running: !If having seemingly inexplicable problems with imports, make sure I've started the environment! Start up virtual environment: source ~/ve27/bin/activate To set WQFLASK_SETTINGS environment variable: export WQFLASK_SETTINGS=~/gene/wqflask/cfg/zach_settings.py (or wherever file is located) To change screen environment variable (if man not working or to get color, for example): export TERM=screen To search for commands in history if necessary: history | grep "(whatever is being searched for)" Run web server: /usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx Run server: python runserver.py =========================================== Start screen session: byobu -RD (to start) control-a then :multiuser on control-a then :acladd sam More info on sharing byobu screen with other users: http://wiki.networksecuritytoolkit.org/nstwiki/index.php/HowTo_Share_A_Terminal_Session_Using_Screen control-a c to create channel type: screen -list for sessions screen -r zas1024/25679.byobu or if only one: screen -r zas1024/ =========================================== Start up log: Go to /tmp and tail -f flask_gn_log =========================================== Coffeescript Stuff: coffee -c (filename) coffee -c -w . (to watch for changes and recompile in current directory; the "." is for current directory) coffee --help (for information about setting options) =========================================== Unset ASKPASS when trying to git push unset SSH_ASKPASS =========================================== htop: Gives information on processes, cpu/memory load, etc dstat: Also gives various system information, resource usage, etc df: Reports file system disk space usage =========================================== ll h*: Finds items in the directory starting with h =========================================== tidyp - Improves/beautifies html code tidyp -m -i -w 100 index_page.html =========================================== ps -ax - View processes kill (process #) =========================================== Python stuff: Classes should always inherit "object" To iterate through dictionary items: for X, Y in MyDictionary.items():