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  How to check when an API is introduced in GoLang

Normally people would not pay much attention to which GoLang version is being used as lots of functions are backward compatible. However there are cases where GoLang version does matter as some functions may not be supported by old version of GoLang. For example, strings.Builder is introduced in Go 1.10, but below code would fail to be compiled on Go 1.10. package main import ( "fmt" "strings" ) func main() { var b strings.Builder b.WriteString("polarisxu") fmt.Println(b.Cap()) } The ...

   GOLANG,API VERSION,GO TOOL     2021-02-07 00:43:24

  The four key figures behind the success of JavaScript - Douglas Crockford

JavaScript's success can be attributed to at least four key figures: Brendan Eich, the creator of JavaScript Douglas Crockford, the creator of JSLint and JSON John Resig, the creator of jQuery Ryan Dahl, the creator of Node.js. We are already very familiar with Brendan Eich and the invention process of JavaScript, so let's start with Douglas Crockford, the second in command of JavaScript. Alliance In the 1990s, Microsoft's dominance overshadowed the whole world. At this time, two challengers e...

   JAVASCRIPT,DOUGLAS CROCKFORD,HISTORY     2023-05-07 06:42:30

  Top 25 Must Have Wordpress Plugins for 2016

There are nearby 30 thousand WordPress plug-ins available in the market. But you must know the plug-ins, that are worthy for you according to your business & requirements. Here is the list of top 25 WordPress plug-ins according to me & my team that may helpful for you.   1. WordPress SEO by Yoast - Best SEO plugin:   Yoast SEO, previously known as a WordPress SEO by Yoast, specially used to boost search engine traffic on your WordPress website. Just install this plug-in and be...

   WORDPRESS PLUGIN DEVELOPMENT,MUST HAVE WORDPRESS PLUGINS,BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR WEBSITE,WORDPRES     2016-03-10 05:04:26

  The Great Tech War Of 2012

From left: The late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Larry Page, and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. | Photos courtesy of David Paul Morris/Getty Images (Jobs); Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (Zuckerberg); Chip East/Reuters (Page); Mario Tama/Getty Images (Bezos).Gilbert Wong, the mayor of Cupertino, California, calls his city council to order. "As you know, Cupertino is very famous for Apple Computer, and we're very honored to have Mr. Steve Jobs come here tonight ...

   2012,Tech war,Facebook,Apple,Google,Amazon,Tablet,Cloud,Analysis     2011-10-17 11:06:25

  First impression of Github Copilot

It has been some time since I heard about the new generation of AI powered coding assistant -- Github Copilot. Don't get chance to experience it until obtained the tech preview access recently. So this post will document some first impression while using it. For now, this tool is only supported in VSCode and it can support various different programming languages. To enable it, just need to search and install the Github Copilot extension within VSCode. Once that is enabled, you will find that whe...

   GITHUB COPILOT,FIRST IMPRESSION     2021-08-13 22:45:31

  Install and enable redis extension in PHP 5.X on Windows

Redis is frequently used as a caching layer for web applications to improve its performance. In PHP 5.x, if one wants to use Redis, the redis extension needs to be installed and enabled first. This post will show how to install and enable redis extension on Windows with PHP 5.X. Basically there are two dlls to be downloaded: php_redis.dll and php_igbinary.dll. Below are detailed steps Go to http://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/releases/redis/2.2.7/ and find the respective php_redis zip ma...

   PHP,WINDOWS,REDIS,PHP 5.6     2021-07-11 03:52:18

  Why (offset, limit) is slow in database select?

Starting from a problem Five years ago when I was working at Tencent, I found that MySQL request speed was very slow in the pagination scenario. With only 100,000 data, a select query on a single machine took about 2-3 seconds. I asked my mentor why, and he asked in return, "In an indexing scenario, what is the time complexity to get the nth largest number in MySQL?" The pursuit of the answer Confirming the scenario Assuming there is an index on the "status" column, a query like "select * from t...

   SLOW,LIMIT,OFFSET,MYSQL     2023-03-12 05:21:02

  Why Math.min() > Math.max() is true in JavaScript

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   JAVASCRIPT,MATH.MIN(),MATH.MAX(),COMPARISON     2022-05-02 05:27:07

  Encrypting and decrypting PGP file or text on MacOS

When doing data exchange among different parties, there is a frequent need of encrypting data or file and sending it to partner and asking partner to use corresponding key to decrypt the data or file. A famous way of exchanging data is using asymmetric keys where no secret key needs to be shared. One party can just use the public key shared by partner to encrypt the data and the other party uses the private key to decrypt the data. Today, we will introduce how to use PGP to encrypt and decrypt d...

   PGP,GPG,ENCRYPTION,DECRYPTION,TUTORIAL     2020-10-29 05:06:09

  Certificate is invalid for localhost in Chrome

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   CHROME,LOCALHOST,HTTPS,CERTIFICATE,ELASTICSEARCH     2022-03-16 08:21:27