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  The worst part working at Google

Google is rated as the best employer to work for in last few years. This is because Google provides not only flexible working environment but also attractive welfare. For the benefits of working at Google, you can find many posts online. However, is there any bad part to work at Google? The answer is YES. There is no perfect company in the world, there are also bad parts working at Google.  The worst part of working at Google, for many people is that they're overqualified for their job. Goo...

   Google,Bad part     2013-10-24 22:10:37

  Name resolution order in JavaScript

To understand what value a variable has in JavaScript, we need to understand some concepts such as scope and name resolution order. JavaScript has two scopes; one is program level and the other one is function level. Unlike in C,C++ or Java, JavaScript has no block level scope. So a variable defined in a if block will still be available outside. For example, the below example: var foo = 1; function bar() { if (true) { var foo = 10; } alert(foo); } bar(); The alert will display 10 since the ...

   JavaScript,Scope,Name resolution     2013-07-10 01:29:28

  The 10 most expensive domains on the Internet

Domain name is the name which we usually type on the web browser address bar. For example, we may type http://www.apple.com on the address bar, here www.apple.com is the domain name. Can you imagine that this domain is worth millions of dollars? We believe that most domains are initially for starting related business and easy for users to remember. But with the popularity of the business, some of the domains become valuable and they are more expensive than some small companies. Below are some mo...

   Domain name,Price     2013-01-01 10:32:06

  Data as code

What is a good command line parser API? A good command line parser should consider below 5 aspects: Support convenient help information generation Support sub commands, for example, git has push,pull,commit sub commands. Support single character option, word option, flag option and option with parameter. Support default option, for example, if no -port is set, set it as 5037 Support usage model, for example, tar's -c and -x is mutually exclusive, they belong to different usage models. Here are...

   Command line,API     2013-08-08 22:40:36

  Why using anchors as buttons sucks

So let's say you're an awesome web developer making an awesome web app. One day, you add a link in the web app that has an event handler instead of an href. Testing it, you realize that your cursor doesn't change when hovering over it, unlike a normal link. You think for a minute and then give it a cursor:pointer style, which fixes the issue. You are happy.The next day, QA informs you that the link cannot be tabbed to. Confused, you do some research and find a solution to the problem: Sim...

   Anchor,Button,Link,Sucks     2012-02-05 07:22:39

  Circumventing browser connection limits for fun and profit

A few days ago, this video hosted by metacafe popped up on digg, explaining how to increase site download times by tweaking your browser settings to increase connection parallelism. To explain why this works, let’s step back a bit to discuss how browsers manage server connections. In building any application, developers are often required to make ‘utilitarian’ choices. Pretentiously paraphrasing Jeremy Bentham, ‘utilitarian’ describes an approach that ââ‚...

   HTTP,Concurrent connection limit,Solution,AJAX     2011-12-14 13:01:02

  How Charts Using Logarithmic Scale Provide Insight Into Your Business

In the dynamic realm of business, understanding data is as important as acquiring it. Analytical tools like charts, graphs, and tables aid in data comprehension. Among these tools, the necessary prowess of charts using logarithmic scale often goes unnoticed. Keep reading to know how this instrument can become a game-changer in your business analysis. Understanding Logarithmic Scale Before throwing light on its applications, it's crucial to understand the concept of a logarithmic scale. Unlike l...

   LOGARITHMIC CHARTS,BUSINESS SOLUTION     2023-12-09 02:34:17

  Chrome is dominating the browser world

Microsoft has announced recently that their Edge browser will abandon its own kernel and switch to use Google Chromium. This by no means indicates that Microsoft admitted it lost the war against Google on browser. For Microsoft, making such a decision is certainly not easy, but it is absolutely a wise decision. After all, the market share of both parties are not at the same competing level anymore. According to NetMarketShare's statistics, Chrome's market share in desktop world has reached 67.29...

   CHROME,CHROMIUM,EDGE     2019-02-01 08:02:53

  passing parameters to XMLHttpRequest’s onreadystatechange function

I’ve been smashing my head against this all day – but I finally got something working consistently and reliable, so I better damn well document it. This is as good a place as any, and hopefully it will be useful to others.I needed to make an Ajax call, so I turned to my good friend XMLHttpRequest. One wrinkle was that I needed to pass in a parameter to it… so I tried:var test = "bar"; req = new XMLHttpRequest(); req.open("GET", myURL, true); req.foo = test; req.onreadystatech...

   JavaScript,AJAX,XMLHttpRequest,parameter,onreadystatechange     2011-10-09 01:32:09

  How to monitor user behavior in webpage

Sometimes there is a need for website owners to monitor user behavior on the site so that they can know what pages are mostly visited and which parts are more popular so that they can provide better service to their users. These behavior usually contain user clicks, user mouse over events etc. These data can be sent back to server when triggered with some meta data. In this post, we will cover a few ways to monitor user behavior on a web portal and send data back to backend sever. 1. Synchronous...

   HTML,BEACON API,PING,USER BEHAVIOR     2019-06-29 06:06:59

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