How do I translate an ISO 8601 datetime string into a Python datetime object?
I'm getting a datetime string in a format like "2009-05-28T16:15:00" (this is ISO 8601, I believe). One hackish option seems to be to parse the string using `time.strptime` and passing the first six e...
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Java Class that implements Map and keeps insertion order?
I'm looking for a class in java that has key-value association, but without using hashes. Here is what I'm currently doing: 1. Add values to a Hashtable. 2. Get an iterator for the Hashtable.entryS...
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- 3 Nov at 20:25
How to associate a file extension with a certain language in VS Code
Or is there a way to switch the current file's language so that the syntax is highlighted correctly? For example, `*.jsx` is actually JavaScript but VS Code doesn't recognize it.
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- 8 Feb at 17:40
What does `void 0` mean?
Reading through the Backbone.js source code, I saw this: ``` validObj[attr] = void 0; ``` What is `void 0`? What is the purpose of using it here?
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- 2 Feb at 13:32
What's the difference between text/xml vs application/xml for webservice response
This is more of a general question about the difference between `text/xml` and `application/xml`. I am fairly new to writing webservices (REST - Jersey). I have been producing `application/xml` since ...
Difference between a View's Padding and Margin
What is the difference between a View's Margin and Padding?
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- 7 Mar at 13:20
Associating enums with strings in C#
I know the following is not possible because the Enumeration's type has to be an int ``` enum GroupTypes { TheGroup = "OEM", TheOtherGroup = "CMB" } ``` From my database I get a field with ...
What does "yield break;" do in C#?
I have seen this syntax in MSDN: [yield break](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9k7k7cf0.aspx), but I don't know what it does. Does anyone know?
How to commit a change with both "message" and "description" from the command line?
I can push commits to GitHub via `git` (on the command line, not the Mac app). When I push commits directly from the GitHub web interface (e.g. quickly fixing a typo), I have the chance to "comment" t...
Applying .gitignore to committed files
I have committed loads of files that I now want to ignore. How can I tell git to now ignore these files from future commits? EDIT: I do want to remove them from the repository too. They are files cr...
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- 23 Sep at 11:9
How to remove the last character from a string?
I want to remove the last character from a string. I've tried doing this: ``` public String method(String str) { if (str.charAt(str.length()-1)=='x'){ str = str.replace(str.substring(str....
Delete with Join in MySQL
Here is the script to create my tables: ``` CREATE TABLE clients ( client_i INT(11), PRIMARY KEY (client_id) ); CREATE TABLE projects ( project_id INT(11) UNSIGNED, client_id INT(11) UNS...
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- 26 Oct at 14:7
Set up a scheduled job?
I've been working on a web app using Django, and I'm curious if there is a way to schedule a job to run periodically. Basically I just want to run through the database and make some calculations/upd...
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- 25 Mar at 19:6
Link and execute external JavaScript file hosted on GitHub
When I try to change the linked reference of a local JavaScript file to a GitHub raw version my test file stops working. The error is: > Refused to execute script from ... because its MIME type (`te...
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- 10 Nov at 09:13
How does autowiring work in Spring?
I'm a little confused as to how the [inversion of control](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inversion_of_control) (`IoC`) works in `Spring`. `UserServiceImpl``UserService` How would this be `@Autowired`...
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- 2 Jul at 15:34
Can I escape a double quote in a verbatim string literal?
In a verbatim string literal (@"foo") in C#, backslashes aren't treated as escapes, so doing \" to get a double quote doesn't work. Is there any way to get a double quote in a verbatim string literal?...
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- 22 Oct at 20:35
Best practice for using assert?
1. Is there a performance or code maintenance issue with using assert as part of the standard code instead of using it just for debugging purposes? Is assert x >= 0, 'x is less than zero' better or ...
String.equals versus ==
This code separates a string into tokens and stores them in an array of strings, and then compares a variable with the first home ... why isn't it working? ``` public static void main(String...aArgum...
Calculate text width with JavaScript
I'd like to use JavaScript to calculate the width of a string. Is this possible without having to use a monospace typeface? If it's not built-in, my only idea is to create a table of widths for each ...
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- 3 Feb at 13:31
Split string every nth character?
Is it possible to split a string every nth character? For example, suppose I have a string containing the following: ``` '1234567890' ``` How can I get it to look like this: ``` ['12','34','56','78',...
ExpressJS How to structure an application?
I'm using the ExpressJS web framework for NodeJS. People using ExpressJS put their environments (development, production, test...), their routes etc on the `app.js`. I think that it's not a beautiful...
Height equal to dynamic width (CSS fluid layout)
Is it possible to set same height as width (ratio 1:1)? ``` +----------+ | body | | 1:3 | | | | +------+ | | | div | | | | 1:1 | | | +------+ | | | | | | ...
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- 10 May at 09:5
How to sparsely checkout only one single file from a git repository?
How do I checkout just one file from a git repo?
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- 14 Nov at 17:19
How do I execute a command and get the output of the command within C++ using POSIX?
I am looking for a way to get the output of a command when it is run from within a C++ program. I have looked at using the `system()` function, but that will just execute a command. Here's an example...
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- 10 Nov at 16:43