A short, to-the-point, document summarizing a topic (i.e. programming language)
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How to initialize all your references?
I have recently taken a project with another developer, and he has a certain way of initializing his references.
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How to test functions or the code inside $(document).ready() using Jasmine?
I have multiple functions and a lot of code inside $(document).ready(function()). I am using jasmine to test the functions inside the ready function as well as the code inside ready() but when the ...
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How can I get a comprehensive overview of techniques and best practices in literate programming?
How can I get a comprehensive overview of techniques and best practices in literate programming?
Knuth's Literate Programming was published in 1992. There is a FAQ. There are various other ...
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Overriding - Access to Members with Reference Reassignment
I have recently been moving through a couple of books in order to teach myself Java and have, fortunately, mostly due to luck, encountered very few difficulties. That has just changed.
I read a ...
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Preliminary Ruby Resources [closed]
I've been programming with PHP for awhile as both a professional/hobbyist and would like to learn Ruby as well. I was going to pick up Agile Web Development with Rails and was wondering if there is ...
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Stroustrup and the C++ complexity admission [closed]
I heard from a friend that Bjarne Stroustroup admitted that he doesn't know entirely the C++ programming language due to its vast complexity
Is it true and there's some referrable sources or is it ...
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Why are references rarely used in PHP?
I have some C++ knowledge and know that pointers are commonly used there, but I've started to look at PHP open source code and I never see code using references in methods.
Instead, the code always ...
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Scrum got specific ways for testing software?
When reading Scrum Guide, as the official text for scrum, I find out there is no specific solution to provide software testing in scrum. (the only hint is on page15)
I'm a little vague on whether ...
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Brief material on C++ object-lifetime management and on passing and returning values/references
I was wondering if anybody can point to a post, pdf, or excerpt of a book containing the rules for C++ variable life-times and best practices for passing and returning function parameters. Things like ...
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Deploying a very simple application
I have a very simple working console application written in C++ linked with a light static library. It is just for testing purposes. Now that the coding part is done, I would like to know the process ...
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Writing a company-wide developer's handbook
I work for a small company. The software development arm of the company before I was hired consisted of one self-taught overworked guy. Now that I've been writing software for the company for a few ...
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How is a Java reference different from a C pointer?
C has pointers and Java has what is called references. They have some things in common in the sense that they all point to something. I know that pointers in C store the addresses they point to. Do ...
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What is a good parsing reference? [closed]
I am working on a project that needs parsing and text processing functionality.
I searched the web about parsing and I found that my best choice for parsing is python.
What is a good, fast, and ...
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Need help understanding reference operator(C++) in specific functions
In the current semester at the university we are working on OOP with C++.
I would like to understand the difference between a pointer and a reference operator.
The differences that I understand ...
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How do document-oriented databases implement references?
In relational world we have Foreign Keys to reference other entities. But how do document-oriented databases like MongoDb, CouchDb, RavenDb implement references among entities?
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