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NPM, or the Node Package Manager, is a powerful tool that allows you to easily manage dependencies, run scripts, and organize project metadata. Its main purpose, however, is to help you download and install Node packages from its repository to your project. Downloading and installing a package is done using...
Scott Robinson
In the early days of the web, data persistence was only possible with a server. Nowadays, through the use of LocalStorage, we can store data on clients like browsers and mobile apps without communicating with a back-end application. In this article, we will discuss how developers can store data on...
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For much of JavaScript's life, it was a browser-only programming language and could not run on the server-side like it can now. Because of this, JS has a lot of built-in functions that are specific to browser-side functions, like encoding strings for use in URLs. Some of the most commonly...
The Java Collections Framework is a fundamental and essential framework that any strong Java developer should know like the back of their hand. A Collection in Java is defined as a group or collection of individual objects that act as a single object. There are many collection classes in Java...
François Dupire
Heap Sort is another example of an efficient sorting algorithm. Its main advantage is that it has a great worst-case runtime of \(O(nlogn)\) regardless of the input data. As the name suggests, Heap Sort relies heavily on the heap data structure - a common implementation of a Priority Queue....
Olivera Popović
PostgreSQL (which goes by the moniker Postgres) is famous for its object-relational nature. In contrast, other database systems are usually relational. Due to its nature, it's a great pairing with Java, which is heavily object-oriented. Accessing a Postgres database using Java requires you to rely on the JDBC API, as...
Hiram Kamau
Logging, saving records to the database, and accessing files are all common tasks a programmer works on. In each of those cases, date and time play an important role in preserving the meaning and integrity of the data. Programmers often need to engage with date and time. In this article...
Sajjad Heydari
Defining and calling functions are key practices for mastering JavaScript and most other programming languages. Usually, a function is defined before it is called in your code. Immediately-Invoked Function Expressions (IIFE), pronounced "iffy", are a common JavaScript pattern that executes a function instantly after it's defined. Developers primarily...
Allan Mogusu
Data is increasingly becoming a valuable commodity in the current era of technology and this necessitates the optimization of storage and access to this data. There are quite a few notable solutions for the storage of data, including Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) such as MySQL and PostgreSQL, which store...
Robley Gori
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