Tutorials

Creating a development environment for Android applications needs 3 basic things:
1)Java
2)Eclipse IDE
3)Android SDK

1)Java
We will be using Sun's JDK 6.If you already have this installed on your machine...skip this step.
But if you are unsure of whether you JDK6 installed or not or you are not sure of the correct version,this link should help:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java

Open up the terminal and type this command
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre sun-java6-jdk  read more »

A fantastic collection of Linux tutorials and howtos. Mostly focused towards setup, administration covering a wide range of linux distros. For someone experimenting with distros, this is a treasure trove
unix-tutorials.com

HowtoForge offers a comprehensive collection of quick howtos about almost every topic on Linux. Besides setup and administration , covers a few good topics on programming  read more »

This is by far one of the best tutorials on Linux for advanced users from Linux.org

http://www.linux.org/lessons/advanced/book1.html

Some of the examples given in the tutorial are now a bit dated given that the article was written in circa 2006, but the topics are very pertinent for system administrators and web application developers using php, python or perl.  read more »

Tools are often neglected areas when it comes to tutorials. Perhaps for the sake of brevity required infrastructure details are often ignored. Here are a quick set of resources that should be part of PHP developers toolbox.

5 Tools Every PHP Developer Should Master  read more »

A collection of some of the best resources for learning php. Before starting, make sure you have a webserver, a database server running with php configured. There are quite a few integrated stacks readily available but in case unsure which one to pick, the easiest one perhaps is to setup XAMPP from Apache Friends.

This is almost always the best place to start if you are absolutely new to php. Provides a high level overview and introduction to basic syntax, talking to a database like mysql, utility functions, Ajax and more.  read more »