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Installation or Setup

Download and install the WiX Toolset from wixtoolset.org. The installer for the WiX Toolset provides also the integration with Visual Studio, after the installation you should be able to create WiX specific projects. Warnings Admin rights are needed. Some versions of WiX are compatible only with...

wix • Getting started with wix

Installation or Setup

Detailed instructions on getting asp.net-identity set up or installed.

asp.net-identity • Getting started with asp.net-identity

Gradle Parallel builds

Gradle will only run one task at a time by default, regardless of the project structure. By using the --parallel switch, you can force Gradle to execute independent subprojects - those that have no implicit or explicit project dependencies between one another - in parallel, allowing it to run multip...

gradle • Gradle Performance

Use latest Gradle version

The Gradle team works regularly on improving the performance of different aspects of Gradle builds. If you’re using an old version of Gradle, you’re missing out on the benefits of that work. Try upgrading to the latest version of Gradle to see what kind of impact it has. Doing so is low risk because...

gradle • Gradle Performance

Ignoring return values of library functions

Almost every function in C standard library returns something on success, and something else on error. For example, malloc will return a pointer to the memory block allocated by the function on success, and, if the function failed to allocate the requested block of memory, a null pointer. So you sho...

C Language • Common pitfalls

Installation or Setup

On Windows Download the Visual Studio Code installer for Windows. Once it is downloaded, run the installer (VSCodeSetup-version.exe). This will only take a minute. By default, VS Code is installed under C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft VS Code for a 64-bit machine. Note: .NET Framework 4.5.2...

vscode • Getting started with vscode

Core Extensions: String Access

String#at Returns a substring of a string object. Same interface as String#[]. str = "hello" str.at(0) # => "h" str.at(1..3) # => "ell" str.at(-2) # => "l" str.at(-2..-1) # => "lo" str.at(5) # => nil str.at(5..-...

Ruby on Rails • ActiveSupport

Core Extensions: String to Date/Time Conversion

String#to_time Converts a string to a Time value. The form parameter can be either :utc or :local, defaults to :local. "13-12-2012".to_time # => 2012-12-13 00:00:00 +0100 "06:12".to_time # => 2012-12-13 06:12:00 +0100 "2012-12-13 06...

Ruby on Rails • ActiveSupport

Newline character is not consumed in typical scanf() call

When this program #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> int main(void) { int num = 0; char str[128], *lf; scanf("%d", &num); fgets(str, sizeof(str), stdin); if ((lf = strchr(str, '\n')) != NULL) *lf = '\0'; printf("%d \"%s\&...

C Language • Common pitfalls

Asset packages

Asset Packages (with the file format of .unitypackage) are a commonly used way of distributing Unity projects to other users. When working with peripherals that have their own SDKs (eg. Oculus), you may be asked to download and import one of these packages. Importing a .unitypackage To import a pa...

unity3d • How to use asset packages

Adding a NOT NULL constraint to existing data

Say you want to add a foreign key company_id to the users table, and you want to have a NOT NULL constraint on it. If you already have data in users, you will have to do this in multiple steps. class AddCompanyIdToUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration def up # add the column with NULL allowed ...

Ruby on Rails • ActiveRecord Migrations

Minimal Chart Example

Depending on the version of Chart.JS you are using (the current one being 2.X), the syntax is different to create a minimal example of a bar chart (JSFiddle Demo for 2.X). Chart.js 2.X <html> <body> <canvas id="myChart" width="400" height="400&...

chart.js • Getting started with chart.js

Encoding to a String

str := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(`foo bar`)) fmt.Println(str) // Output: Zm9vIGJhcg== Playground

Go • Base64 Encoding

Decoding a String

decoded, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(`biws`) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } fmt.Printf("%s", decoded) // Output: n,, Playground

Go • Base64 Encoding

Adding objects

Anything that needs to happen with data in an IndexedDB database happens in a transaction. There are a few things to note about transactions that are mentioned in the Remarks section at the bottom of this page. We'll use the database we set up in Opening a database. // Create a new readwrite (sinc...

JavaScript • IndexedDB

Retrieving data

Anything that needs to happen with data in an IndexedDB database happens in a transaction. There are a few things to note about transactions that are mentioned in the Remarks section at the bottom of this page. We'll use the database we set up in Opening a database. // Create a new transaction, we...

JavaScript • IndexedDB

Initial project workflow

Create a new project dotnet new -l f# Restore any packages listed in project.json dotnet restore A project.lock.json file should be written out. Execute the program dotnet run The above will compile the code if required. The output of the default project created by dotnet new -l f# con...

F# • F# on .NET Core

Espresso custom matchers

Espresso by default has many matchers that help you find views that you need to do some checks or interactions with them. Most important ones can be found in the following cheat sheet: https://google.github.io/android-testing-support-library/docs/espresso/cheatsheet/ Some examples of matchers are...

Android • Testing UI with Espresso

Natural (comparable) vs explicit (comparator) sorting

There are two Collections.sort() methods: One that takes a List<T> as a parameter where T must implement Comparable and override the compareTo() method that determines sort order. One that takes a List and a Comparator as the arguments, where the Comparator determines the sort order. ...

Java Language • Comparable and Comparator

Adding/Removing an Observer with a Block

Instead of adding an observer with a selector, a block can be used: id testObserver = [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserverForName:@"TestNotification" object:nil ...

iOS • NSNotificationCenter