"A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human."" - Alan Turing
Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those! - The Zen of Python
In 2009 Google created Go, also known as Golang to help fix problems that are common at Google where languages like Java and C++ would fall short. Its syntax is similar to C import "fmt" func main() { fmt.Println("hello world") }
Files and processes are the two basic blocs of the UNIX system. In UNIX, everything is a file. Filename are restricted to 255 characters. A process represents a program (a file) in execution.
Hardware is the part of a system you can kick Software is the one you can only curse at
Don't go blind. Use a profiler. "Premature optimization is the root of all evil" - Donald Knuth
"The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim." - Edsger W. Dijkstra
5 JavaScript interview questions What is Scope? What does the new keyword do? What are the falsy values in JavaScript? What is an IIFE, what is the use of it? What's the value of this in JavaScript?
4 Random coding tips Write useful comments Stay humble Don't be afraid to ask for help Keep practicing
JavaScript's falsy values: - false - undefined - null - The number 0 - The number NaN - The empty string
"Computer science education cannot make anybody an expert programmer any more than studying brushes and pigment can make somebody an expert painter." - Eric Raymond
Check for if (-1 == x) instead of if (x == -1) to avoid bugs like if(x = -1)
Theory is when you know something, but it doesn't work Practice is when something works, but you don't know why Programmers combine theory and practice Nothing works and they don't know why
"Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written, and another for which it wasn't." - Alan J. Perlis
"The only constructive theory connecting neuroscience and psychology will arise from the study of software." - Alan J. Perlis