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Why not embed styles/scripts in HTML instead of linking?

We concatenate CSS and JavaScript files to reduce the number of HTTP requests, which improves performance. The result is HTML like this: <link rel="stylesheet" …

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asked by mtoast 19 votes answered by delnan 48 votes

What is idiomatic use of arbitrary blocks in C?

A block is a list of statements to be executed. Examples of where blocks come up in C are after a while statement and in if statements while( boolean expression) statement OR block if (boolean …

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asked by Jonathan Gallagher 11 votes answered by Caleb 8 votes

Why is the copying instruction usually named MOV?

In quite many assemblers, a value copying instruction is usually named "MOV" and its description in manuals usually also contains "move" (however, other words can be used, like "load", "store", …

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asked by Netch 8 votes answered by supercat 6 votes

Which way to terminate reading loop is the preferred approach?

When you have to iterate a reader where the number of items to read is unknown, and the only way to do is it to keep reading until you hit the end. This is often the place you need an endless loop. …

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asked by Mathew Foscarini 7 votes answered by Eric Lippert 16 votes

How discrete should a RESTful API be?

I've never built a RESTful API before and I am wondering how discrete should it be? For example lets say I have a customer which has a name, address, phone number, email address, language, etc. Does …

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asked by satur9nine 7 votes answered by thorsten müller 10 votes

How do you effectively develop the same application from multiple computers?

I've already read If you use multiple computers, how do you sync everything? - but that was off topic... I am specifically thinking about this from a programming side. I have powerful desktops at …

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asked by wilhil 6 votes answered by Jeffery Thomas 17 votes

Calculator with 3+ values

I am new to c++ and have been making the good old Calculator. I have gone forward from a 2 value calculator to a 3 value calculator and wondered.. How is it possible to make a 10 digit calculator …

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asked by Matt 5 votes answered by user40989 10 votes

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What's the difference between overloading a method and overriding it in Java?

What's the difference between overloading a method and overriding it in Java? Is there a difference in method signature, access specifier, return type, etc.?

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asked by user63948 4 votes answered by superM 25 votes

Why use a database instead of just saving your data to disk?

Instead of a database I just serialize my data to JSON, saving and loading it to disk when necessary. All the data management is made on the program itself, which is faster AND easier than using SQL …

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asked by Dokkat 104 votes answered by Robert Harvey 182 votes

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Team Git workflow working with a multi-project Sitecore solution using TDS

We are a team of 8-10 developers working on different parts of a Sitecore instance. In the past we've used SVN and more recently (and successfully) Hg, but are moving to using Git as our primary …

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asked by Jon Upchurch 5 votes

Which interface allows you to use a design pattern that is characteristically changed with the instantiation of objects?

I am doing a research on this and can't find my answer to this question: Which interface allows you to use a design pattern that is characteristically changed with the instantiation of objects? …

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asked by user3140607 1 vote

Kerberos web authentication

I'v developed an internal singe-page web-app (unix, apache & postgresql) protected by a simple login page. Currently, the users have their own login role with a password. This is starting to get …

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asked by fbynite 1 vote