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[<Measure>] type m // meters [<Measure>] type cm // centimeters // Conversion factor let cmInM = 100<cm/m> let distanceInM = 1<m> let distanceInCM = distanceInM * cmInM // 100<cm> // Conversion function let cmToM (x : int<cm>) = x / 100<cm/m> l...

Components have various parameters that can be set for them. They vary from component to component, so a good way to see what parameters can be set for components is to start typing componentName.set, and let your IDE's autocomplete (If you use an IDE) suggest methods. The default shortcut in many I...

CREATE TABLE table_name ( id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, json_col JSON, PRIMARY KEY(id) );

Cryptography is something very hard and after spending a lot of time reading different examples and seeing how easy it is to introduce some form of vulnerability I found an answer originally written by @jbtule that I think is very good. Enjoy reading: "The general best practice for symmetric e...

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After the user signed in to Facebook at your app, now it's time to fetch the data you requested at the FBButton.readPermissions. Swift: enum FacebookParametesField : String { case FIELDS_KEY = "fields" case FIELDS_VALUE = "id, email, picture, first_name, last_name" ...

In SpriteKit a Sprite is represented by the SKSpriteNode class (which inherits from SKNode). First of all create a new Xcode Project based on the SpriteKit template as described in Your First SpriteKit Game. Creating a Sprite Now you can create a SKSpriteNode using an image loaded into the Assets...

Whenever AFNetworking is used the call is dispatched on a custom thread provided by AFNetworking. When the call returns to the completion block, it gets executed on the main thread. This example sets a custom thread that dispatch to the completion block: AFNetworking 2.xx: // Create dispatch_queu...

There are many cases when one has created an NSDate from only an hour and minute format, i.e: 08:12 that returns from a server as a String and you initiate an NSDate instance by these values only. The downside for this situation is that your NSDate is almost completely "naked" and what yo...

Create SharedPreferences BuyyaPref SharedPreferences pref = getApplicationContext().getSharedPreferences("BuyyaPref", MODE_PRIVATE); Editor editor = pref.edit(); Storing data as KEY/VALUE pair editor.putBoolean("key_name1", true); // Saving boolean - true/false ...

Let's say you have class with generic methods. And you need to call its functions with reflection. public class Sample { public void GenericMethod<T>() { // ... } public static void StaticMethod<T>() { //... } } Let's say we want to...

Let's say you have a User model class User < ActiveRecord::Base end Now to update the first_name and last_name of a user with id = 1, you can write the following code. user = User.find(1) user.update(first_name: 'Kashif', last_name: 'Liaqat') Calling update will attempt to update the gi...

C-style bit manipulation A bit can be set using the bitwise OR operator (|). // Bit x will be set number |= 1LL << x; Using std::bitset set(x) or set(x,true) - sets bit at position x to 1. std::bitset<5> num(std::string("01100")); num.set(0); // num is now 01101 ...

#include <stddef.h> // size_t, ptrdiff_t //----------------------------------- Machinery: using Size = ptrdiff_t; template< class Item, size_t n > constexpr auto n_items( Item (&)[n] ) noexcept -> Size { return n; } //----------------------------------- Us...

Because in .NET 3.5 and older you don't have Lazy<T> class you use the following pattern: public class Singleton { private Singleton() // prevents public instantiation { } public static Singleton Instance { get { return Nested.instanc...

CanCan is a a popular authorization library for Ruby on Rails which restricts user access to specific resources. The latest gem (CanCanCan) is a continuation of the dead project CanCan. Permissions are defined in the Ability class and can be used from controllers, views, helpers, or any other place...

Although it's bad practice, it's possible to add multiple return statements in a exception handling block: public static int returnTest(int number){ try{ if(number%2 == 0) throw new Exception("Exception thrown"); else return x; } catch(Exception e){ ...

Converting an integer type to the corresponding promoted type is better than converting it to some other integer type. void f(int x); void f(short x); signed char c = 42; f(c); // calls f(int); promotion to int is better than conversion to short short s = 42; f(s); // calls f(short); exact mat...

By default the built-in Request Localization middleware only supports setting culture via query, cookie or Accept-Language header. This example shows how create a middleware which allows to set the culture as part of the path like in /api/en-US/products. This example middleware assumes the locale t...

The rotate property rotates each character by the specified angle. <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <text x="10" y="20" rotate="30">Each character is rotated</text> </svg> To rotate the whole text element, you have to ...