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localStorage, sessionStorage are JavaScript Objects and you can treat them as such. Instead of using Storage Methods like .getItem(), .setItem(), etc… here's a simpler alternative: // Set localStorage.greet = "Hi!"; // Same as: window.localStorage.setItem("greet", "Hi!&qu...

Type casting is done with either the as operator: var chair:Chair = furniture as Chair; Or by wrapping the value in Type(): var chair:Chair = Chair(furniture); If the cast fails with as, the result of that cast is null. If the cast fails by wrapping in Type(), a TypeError is thrown.

Functions are of the type Function: function example():void { } trace(example is Function); // true They can be referenced by other variables with the type Function: var ref:Function = example; ref(); // ref.call(), ref.apply(), etc. And they can be passed in as arguments for parameters wh...

References to class declarations are typed Class: var spriteClass:Class = Sprite; You can use variables typed Class to instantiate instances of that class: var sprite:Sprite = new spriteClass(); This can be useful for passing an argument of type Class to a function that might create and inst...

You can tell the compiler the type of a value by annotating it with :Type: var value:int = 10; // A property "value" of type "int". Function parameters and return types can also be annotated: // This function accepts two ints and returns an int. function sum(a:int, b:int):i...

You can use the is operator to validate whether a value is of a certain type: var sprite:Sprite = new Sprite(); trace(sprite is Sprite); // true trace(sprite is DisplayObject); // true, Sprite inherits DisplayObject trace(sprite is IBitmapDrawable); // true, DisplayObject implements IBitmapDra...

Unfortunately ActionScript 3 does not have a concept of generics, so it follows that there is no way to define a typed array as Array<T>. There is however a special class Vector.<T> which works in a similar way except you must provide a reference to a concrete class when instantiating th...

The C++ approach - new and delete In a language like C++, the application program is responsible for managing the memory used by dynamically allocated memory. When an object is created in the C++ heap using the new operator, there needs to be a corresponding use of the delete operator to dispose o...

ga('create', 'UA-XXXX-Y', {'sampleRate': 5}); Optional. This may only be set in the create method. Specifies what percentage of users should be tracked. This defaults to 100 (no users are sampled out) but large sites may need to use a lower sample rate to stay within Google Analytics processing ...

Before ECMAScript 2015 (ES6), a parameter's default value could be assigned in the following way: function printMsg(msg) { msg = typeof msg !== 'undefined' ? // if a value was provided msg : // then, use that value in the reassignemnt 'Default value for ...

Sometimes we need to change type from Collection<T?> to Collections<T>. In that case, filterNotNull is our solution. val a: List<Int?> = listOf(1, 2, 3, null) val b: List<Int> = a.filterNotNull()

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3 You can use rem defined by the font-size of your html tag to style elements by setting their font-size to a value of rem and use em inside the element to create elements that scale with your global font-size. HTML: <input type="button" value="Button"> <input type=...

localStorage.length property returns an integer number indicating the number of elements in the localStorage Example: Set Items localStorage.setItem('StackOverflow', 'Documentation'); localStorage.setItem('font', 'Helvetica'); localStorage.setItem('image', 'sprite.svg'); Get length localSto...

Holy Grail layout is a layout with a fixed height header and footer, and a center with 3 columns. The 3 columns include a fixed width sidenav, a fluid center, and a column for other content like ads (the fluid center appears first in the markup). CSS Flexbox can be used to achieve this with a very s...

This is a minimalist Hello World example that uses only the most basic Android tools. Requirements and assumptions Oracle JDK 1.7 or later Android SDK Tools (just the command line tools) This example assumes Linux. You may have to adjust the syntax for your own platform. Setting up the And...

A simple example on how to read a UTF text file synchronously. import flash.filesystem.File; import flash.filesystem.FileMode; import flash.filesystem.FileStream; //First, get a reference to the file you want to load var myFile:File = File.documentsDirectory.resolvePath("lifestory.txt&...

Declare the AppWidgetProvider class in your application's AndroidManifest.xml file. For example: <receiver android:name="ExampleAppWidgetProvider" > <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE" /> </intent-filter&gt...

Add the AppWidgetProviderInfo metadata in res/xml: <appwidget-provider xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:minWidth="40dp" android:minHeight="40dp" android:updatePeriodMillis="86400000" android:previewImag...

The most important AppWidgetProvider callback is onUpdate(). It is called everytime an appwidget is added. public class ExampleAppWidgetProvider extends AppWidgetProvider { public void onUpdate(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager, int[] appWidgetIds) { final int N = a...