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Hello World

Begin by including highcharts.js in your index.html <html> <head> <script src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script> </head> Add a <div> to contain your chart <body> <div id="chart"> <!...

highcharts • Getting started with highcharts

Saving a read-only file edited in Vim

Sometimes, we may open a file which we do not have permission to write in Vim without using sudo. Use this command to save a read-only file edited in Vim. :w !sudo tee > /dev/null % Which you could map to :w!! in your .vimrc: cmap w!! w !sudo tee > /dev/null % You will be presented a ...

vim • Getting started with vim

Canvas size and resolution

The size of a canvas is the area it occupies on the page and is defined by the CSS width and height properties. canvas { width : 1000px; height : 1000px; } The canvas resolution defines the number of pixels it contains. The resolution is set by setting the canvas element width and heigh...

html5-canvas • Getting started with html5-canvas

Creating a responsive full page canvas

Starter code to create and remove a full page canvas that responds to resize events via javascript. var canvas; // Global canvas reference var ctx; // Global 2D context reference // Creates a canvas function createCanvas () { const canvas = document.createElement(&q...

html5-canvas • Responsive Design

Simple animation with 2D context and requestAnimationFrame

This example will show you how to create a simple animation using the canvas and the 2D context. It is assumed you know how to create and add a canvas to the DOM and obtain the context // this example assumes ctx and canvas have been created const textToDisplay = "This is an example that uses...

html5-canvas • Animation

Drawing many translated, scaled, and rotated images quickly

There are many situation where you want to draw an image that is rotated, scaled, and translated. The rotation should occur around the center of the image. This is the quickest way to do so on the 2D canvas. These functions a well suited to 2D games where the expectation is to render a few hundred e...

html5-canvas • Transformations

Installation and Setup

Pyinstaller is a normal python package. It can be installed using pip: pip install pyinstaller Installation in Windows For Windows, pywin32 or pypiwin32 is a prerequisite. The latter is installed automatically when pyinstaller is installed using pip. Installation in Mac OS X PyInstaller works...

Python Language • PyInstaller - Distributing Python Code

Using Pyinstaller

In the simplest use-case, just navigate to the directory your file is in, and type: pyinstaller myfile.py Pyinstaller analyzes the file and creates: A myfile.spec file in the same directory as myfile.py A build folder in the same directory as myfile.py A dist folder in the same directory as m...

Python Language • PyInstaller - Distributing Python Code

Backing up the whole cluster

$ pg_dumpall -f backup.sql This works behind the scenes by making multiple connections to the server once for each database and executing pg_dump on it. Sometimes, you might be tempted to set this up as a cron job, so you want to see the date the backup was taken as part of the filename: $ post...

postgresql • Backup and Restore

Getting started with Angular 2 without angular-cli.

Angular 2.0.0-rc.4 In this example we'll create a "Hello World!" app with only one root component (AppComponent) for the sake of simplicity. Prerequisites: Node.js v5 or later npm v3 or later Note: You can check versions by running node -v and npm -v in the console/terminal. ...

Angular 2 • Getting started with Angular 2

Valet links

This command will display all the registered Valet links you have created and their corresponding file paths on your computer. Command: valet links Sample Output: ... site1 -> /path/to/site/one site2 -> /path/to/site/two ... Note 1: You can run this command from anywhere not just f...

Laravel • Valet

Implicit Classes

Implicit classes make it possible to add new methods to previously defined classes. The String class has no method withoutVowels. This can be added like so: object StringUtil { implicit class StringEnhancer(str: String) { def withoutVowels: String = str.replaceAll("[aeiou]", &quo...

Scala Language • Implicits

Simple usage

#include <iostream> #include <functional> std::function<void(int , const std::string&)> myFuncObj; void theFunc(int i, const std::string& s) { std::cout << s << ": " << i << std::endl; } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { m...

C++ • std::function: To wrap any element that is callable

Handling file upload errors

The $_FILES["FILE_NAME"]['error'] (where "FILE_NAME" is the value of the name attribute of the file input, present in your form) might contain one of the following values: UPLOAD_ERR_OK - There is no error, the file uploaded with success. UPLOAD_ERR_INI_SIZE - The uploaded fi...

PHP • Reading Request Data

Installation or Setup

Detailed instructions on getting model-view-controller set up or installed.

model-view-controller • Getting started with model-view-controller

Pre-defined general entities

XML pre-defines five general entities that can be used without declaring them: & " ' < > They are associated with the names amp, quot, apos, lt and gt. <?xml version="1.0"?> <entities> &amp; is an ampersand. &quot; is a quote. &apos; is...

xml • Entities

User-defined general (internal) entities

It is possible to define one's own general entities. The declaration occurs in the DTD subset, with a name and the associated replacement text. It can then be used in the document using the entity reference syntax &...;, either in text, or in attribute values. <?xml version="1.0"?...

xml • Entities

HasFlag()

The HasFlag() method can be used to check if a flag is set. Module Module1 <Flags> Enum Material Wood = 1 Plastic = 2 Metal = 4 Stone = 8 End Enum Sub Main() Dim houseMaterials As Material = Material.Wood Or Material.Stone ...

Visual Basic .NET Language • Enum

Default value substitution

${parameter:-word} If parameter is unset or null, the expansion of word is substituted. Otherwise, the value of parameter is substituted. $ unset var $ echo "${var:-XX}" # Parameter is unset -> expansion XX occurs XX $ var="" # Parameter is null ...

Bash • Bash Parameter Expansion

Error if variable is empty or unset

The semantics for this are similar to that of default value substitution, but instead of substituting a default value, it errors out with the provided error message. The forms are ${VARNAME?ERRMSG} and ${VARNAME:?ERRMSG}. The form with : will error our if the variable is unset or empty, whereas the ...

Bash • Bash Parameter Expansion