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How to change the value of attribute in appSettings section with Web.config transformation

Is it possible to transform the following Web.config appSettings file: ``` <appSettings> <add key="developmentModeUserId" value="00297022" /> <add key="developmentMode" value="true" /> /*...

23 Feb at 16:28

Installing Apple's Network Link Conditioner Tool

I have installed xcode 4.3.1 on my machine running Lion. I can't find the Network Link Conditioner tool anywhere. I have checked the utilities folder, also the `xcode/contents/developer/*` director...

20 Jan at 09:50

Add a CSS border on hover without moving the element

I have a row that I am applying a background highlight to on hover. ``` .jobs .item:hover { background: #e1e1e1; border-top: 1px solid #d0d0d0; } ``` However, as the border adds 1px to th...

25 Feb at 10:25

Bootstrap tooltips not working

I'm going mad here. I've got the following HTML: ``` <a href="#" rel="tooltip" title="A nice tooltip">test</a> ``` And the Bootstrap style tooltip refuses to display, just a normal tooltip. I've...

3 Jan at 12:16

"Unable to find remote helper for 'https'" during git clone

I am unable to clone HTTPS repositories. I can clone SSH repos fine, but not HTTPS repos. I cannot test the GIT protocol since I am behind a corporate firewall. This is what I am trying to do: ``` $...

19 May at 04:29

Eclipse comment/uncomment shortcut?

I thought this would be easy to achieve, but so far I haven't found solutions for comment/uncomment shortcut on both `Java class editor` and `jsf faceted webapp XHTML file editor` : 1. to quickly co...

Named capturing groups in JavaScript regex?

As far as I know there is no such thing as named capturing groups in JavaScript. What is the alternative way to get similar functionality?

20 Mar at 08:2

How to change the Eclipse default workspace?

Where can I change the default workspace in Eclipse?

8 Feb at 14:4

Fastest way to get the first object from a queryset in django?

Often I find myself wanting to get the first object from a queryset in Django, or return `None` if there aren't any. There are lots of ways to do this which all work. But I'm wondering which is the ...

How to set the margin or padding as percentage of height of parent container?

I had been racking my brains over creating a vertical alignment in css using the following ``` .base{ background-color:green; width:200px; height:200px; overflow:auto; pos...

7 Oct at 01:38

Left padding a String with Zeros

I've seen similar questions [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/388461/padding-strings-in-java) and [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/473282/left-padding-integers-with-zeros-in-java). ...

23 May at 12:2

What is an IIS application pool?

What exactly is an application pool? What is its purpose?

30 Nov at 11:51

Split a vector into chunks

I have to split a vector into n chunks of equal size in R. I couldn't find any base function to do that. Also Google didn't get me anywhere. Here is what I came up with so far; ``` x <- 1:10 n <- 3 ch...

29 Sep at 16:13

find: missing argument to -exec

I was helped out today with a command, but it doesn't seem to be working. This is the command: ``` find /home/me/download/ -type f -name "*.rm" -exec ffmpeg -i {} -sameq {}.mp3 && rm {}\; ``` The she...

19 Jun at 03:59

Java: Multiple class declarations in one file

In Java, you can define multiple top level classes in a single file, providing that at most one of these is public (see [JLS §7.6](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se8/html/jls-7.html#jls-7.6))...

3 Aug at 10:56

Testing two JSON objects for equality ignoring child order in Java

I'm looking for a JSON parsing library that supports comparing two JSON objects ignoring child order, specifically for unit testing JSON returning from a web service. Do any of the major JSON librari...

11 Feb at 16:2

uint8_t vs unsigned char

What is the advantage of using `uint8_t` over `unsigned char` in C? I know that on almost every system `uint8_t` is just a typedef for `unsigned char`, so why use it?

1 Mar at 18:55

Converting Dictionary to List?

I'm trying to convert a Python dictionary into a Python list, in order to perform some calculations. ``` #My dictionary dict = {} dict['Capital']="London" dict['Food']="Fish&Chips" dict['2012']="Olym...

29 Jun at 18:20

Using IQueryable with Linq

What is the use of `IQueryable` in the context of LINQ? Is it used for developing extension methods or any other purpose?

12 Nov at 08:49

How to create a multiline UITextfield?

I am developing an application where user has to write some information. For this purpose I need a `UITextField` which is multi-line (in general `UITextField` is a single line). As I'm Googling I fin...

17 Dec at 18:45

How to create a zip archive with PowerShell?

Is it possible to create a zip archive using PowerShell?

9 Feb at 20:24

How to create JSON string in C#

I just used the XmlWriter to create some XML to send back in an HTTP response. How would you create a JSON string. I assume you would just use a stringbuilder to build the JSON string and them forma...

29 Jun at 00:28

How to turn a String into a JavaScript function call?

I got a string like: ``` settings.functionName + '(' + t.parentNode.id + ')'; ``` that I want to translate into a function call like so: ``` clickedOnItem(IdofParent); ``` This of course will ha...

23 Jul at 15:13

How do I access named capturing groups in a .NET Regex?

I'm having a hard time finding a good resource that explains how to use Named Capturing Groups in C#. This is the code that I have so far: ``` string page = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytePage); Regex...

12 Jun at 07:1

Initializing a list to a known number of elements in Python

Right now I am using a list, and was expecting something like: ``` verts = list (1000) ``` Should I use array instead?

28 Oct at 22:46