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Create an SKScene that Scales to fit the SKView

An SKScene has a scaleMode parameter that defines how it will change its size to fit within the SKView it is presented into the SKView if it is not the same size and/or shape. There are four options for scaleMode: AspectFit: the scene is scaled (but not stretched) until it fits within the view. ...

sprite-kit • SKScene

Simple string operations

Because Regular Expressions can do a lot, it is tempting to use them for the simplest operations. But using a regex engine has a cost in memory and processor usage: you need to compile the expression, store the automaton in memory, initialize it and then feed it with the string to run it. And there...

Regular Expressions • When you should NOT use Regular Expressions

Maximum Length

By using the .HasMaxLength() method, the maximum character count can be configured for a property. using System.Data.Entity; // .. public class PersonContext : DbContext { // .. protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder) { // .. ...

Entity Framework • Code First - Fluent API

Multiple non-identical definitions (the One Definition Rule)

If a class, enum, inline function, template, or member of a template has external linkage and is defined in multiple translation units, all definitions must be identical or the behavior is undefined according to the One Definition Rule (ODR). foo.h: class Foo { public: double x; private...

C++ • Undefined Behavior

External Stylesheet Use

Use the link attribute in the document's head: <head> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css"> </head> You can also use stylesheets provided from websites via a content delivery network, or CDN for short. (for example, Bo...

HTML • Using HTML with CSS

Internal Stylesheet

You can also include CSS elements internally by using the <style> tag: <head> <style type="text/css"> body { background-color: gray; } </style> </head> Multiple internal stylesheets can be included in a program as...

HTML • Using HTML with CSS

Inline Style

You can style a specific element by using the style attribute: <span style="color: red">This text will appear in red.</span> Note: Try to avoid this -- the point of CSS is to separate content from presentation.

HTML • Using HTML with CSS

Multiple Stylesheets

It's possible to load multiple stylesheets: <head> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="general.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="specific.css"> </head> Note that later files a...

HTML • Using HTML with CSS

Generating Java code from simple XSD file

XSD schema (schema.xsd) The following xml schema (xsd) defines a list of users with attributes name and reputation. <?xml version="1.0"?> <xs:schema version="1.0" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:ns="http://www...

Java Language • XJC

Creating Object and setting properties using reflection

Lets say we have a class Classy that has property Propertua public class Classy { public string Propertua {get; set;} } to set Propertua using reflection: var typeOfClassy = typeof (Classy); var classy = new Classy(); var prop = typeOfClassy.GetProperty("Propertua"); prop.Se...

.NET Framework • Reflection

Version Table

Every tag has an overview topic. This topic has a special section named "Versions". In that section, different versions can be defined in a table that has that should have at least 2 columns: the first one should be the name of the version the last one should be the release ...

Documentation • Versions

Multiple Version Tables

For some tags it makes sense to have multiple version tables. There might be different subsets of a programming language or framework available, say for different device types as in this example. The different tables should be prefaced with a heading. This markup: ## desktop development kit ## ...

Documentation • Versions

Versions of an Example (single version table)

An example cannot be associated with a version number directly. Parts of it can however be declared to apply only for certain versions.  This content is for Java SE 1.3

Documentation • Versions

Versions of an Example (multiple version tables)

If there are many version tables, the title of the desired one has to be included in angle brackets.  This content is for Micro Framework 4.4

Documentation • Versions

Available Conditionals

The markdown help states Available conditionals are gt, gte, lt, lte, eq, and neq.  eq equal to   neq not equal to  <!-- if version [gt C++03] -...

Documentation • Versions

Multiple Conditionals

Multiple conditions can be used.  content

Documentation • Versions

Simple Mutex Usage

POSIX thread library provides implementation of the mutex primitive, used for the mutual exclusion. Mutex is created using pthread_mutex_init, and destroyed using pthread_mutex_destroy. Obtaining a mutex can be done using pthread_mutex_lock or pthread_mutex_trylock, (depending if the timeout is desi...

POSIX • Threads

@parallel

@parallel can be used to parallellize a loop, dividing steps of the loop up over different workers. As a very simple example: addprocs(3) a = collect(1:10) for idx = 1:10 println(a[idx]) end For a slightly more complex example, consider: @time begin @sync begin @paral...

Julia Language • Parallel Processing

When to use @parallel vs. pmap

The Julia documentation advises that pmap() is designed for the case where each function call does a large amount of work. In contrast, @parallel for can handle situations where each iteration is tiny, perhaps merely summing two numbers. There are several reasons for this. First, pmap incurs ...

Julia Language • Parallel Processing

Get all schemas, tables, columns and indexes

SELECT s.name AS [schema], t.object_id AS [table_object_id], t.name AS [table_name], c.column_id, c.name AS [column_name], i.name AS [index_name], i.type_desc AS [index_type] FROM sys.schemas AS s INNER JOIN sys.tables AS t ON s.schema_id = t.schema_id I...

Microsoft SQL Server • Retrieve information about the database