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How to get font size of FillPath strings to match DrawString
From CodeProject:Download DrawStringPath.zip - 34.7 KB. Of those who have used DrawPath / FillPath strings, who hasn't noticed that something ain't quite right. Even if one use the same font,...
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Marpa v. Perl regexes: a rematch
From Perl.org Blogs:Marpa::R2 the latest version of Marpa, has some significant speedups. Enough so, that it seems appropriate to revisit an old benchmark. (For those new to this blog Marpa is a new...
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String Memory Internals
From Javalobby:This article is based on my answer on StackOverflow. I am trying to explain how String class stores the texts, how interning and constant pool works. The main point to understand here is...
View ArticleCodec Confusion in Python
From lucumr.pocoo.org:Alright, I admit Alex Gaynor is a pretty clever guy but I was very close to strangling him today for this tweet: @alex_gaynor: WTF does str.encode or unicode.decode even do on...
View ArticlePython in 30 Days - Day 2
From rodriguezcommaj.com:Day 2 of my experiment was done early and I wanted to write it up while everything was fresh in my mind. * Exercise 5 - More Variables and PrintingClick here to read...
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String Enumerations in VB.NET
From CodeProject:String Enumeration in VB.NET would be ideal answer, but Enumeration in dot.net is limited to numbers. After a lot of web searching for a quick few lines of code, I put this code...
View ArticleFun with pytz, dateutil and Python time zones
From gefira.pl:Below is a way to convert datetime strings between time zones. Note that in my case I had to convert between UTC and a user-provided time zone and back. I was given either a UTC...
View ArticleComparing Objective Caml and Standard ML
From adam.chlipala.net:See this syntax comparison for more details. Special syntactic sugar is defined for array and string accesses. These operations receive no special treatment.Click here to read...
View ArticleExtreme specificity overriding a CSS ID with 256 chained Classes
From thecssninja.com:According to the spec, one ID should be infinitely more specific than a class. But as it turns out, if you add 256 classes to a single element (same or different) it will override...
View ArticleRipping OAuth tokens (or other secrets) out of TweetDeck, Twitter.app, and...
From timetobleed.com:If you enjoy this article, subscribe (via RSS or e-mail) and follow me on twitter. So, you have some sort of OSX app. Maybe it's Twitter.app, TweetDeck, or something else that has...
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Automaticly localizing applications with Google Translate
From CodeProject:Localizing your apps with Google Translate; Author: Chip VonBurg; Updated: 21 Aug 2012; Section: Localisation; Chapter: General Programming; Updated: 21 Aug 2012Click here to read...
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Automatically localizing applications with Google Translate
From CodeProject:Localizing your apps with Google Translate; Author: Chip VonBurg; Updated: 21 Aug 2012; Section: Localisation; Chapter: General Programming; Updated: 21 Aug 2012Click here to read...
View ArticlePHP Best Practices, a short guide for common and confusing PHP tasks
From phpbestpractices.org:PHP is a complex language that has suffered years of twists, bends, stretches, and hacks. It's highly inconsistent and sometimes buggy.Click here to read moreTagged: #php...
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Norton Mobile Utilities Lite for Android packs premium, paid upgrade
From Betanews:Symantec is a company with many strings to its bow but is most often associated with security software. Those with long memories will remember Norton Utilities, a tweaking tool for...
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String Comparison in C# - Doing it the right way
From CodeProject:This small Tip talks about the right way of comparing strings in a application. We will try to see what are the various ways we can compare the strings and which one should be or...
View ArticleDate Formatting And Format Validation from JavascriptToolbox.com
From javascripttoolbox.com:This library contains functions to deal with dates in Javascript, parse date strings, format dates to different output strings, and compare dates. It uses the same format...
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Find multiple strings in selected columns
From CodeProject:Find multiple strings (delimenated by space) in all selected columns. ; Author: akhil khare; Updated: 28 Aug 2012; Section: Database; Chapter: Database; Updated: 28 Aug 2012Click here...
View ArticleNuget Perf Problem, Part II–Importing To RavenDB
From ayende.com:The first part of actually showing how RavenDB can handle the NuGet scenario was to actually get the data to RavenDB. Luckily, NuGet makes the data accessible using OData, so I quickly...
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Title case using ASP.NET with C#
From CodeProject:Introduction How ti implement title case using C#. Using the code Strings sometimes have lowercase first letters. Uppercasing the first letter is often necessary.Click here to read...
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What's New In Python 3.0 - Python v3.0.1 documentation
From Python.org:Author: Release: Date:. This article explains the new features in Python 3.compared to 2.Python 3.also known as "Python 3000" or "Py3K", is the first ever intentionally backwards...
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