Exactly, I was considering to learn everything there is on it (like taking some advanced course or smth), tho I decided not to. While you know what you can do with it and it's use cases, you can quickly search it up thanks to sites like RegExr and Regex101.
Even now I don't know it that well I have to constantly keep googling it to remember different patterns. If we used it day to day then I think we would learn it better. I watched a video where a developer was using regex for daily productivity.
"acc, item".. was the one that done it for me, I don't know why I always found it "prev" wierd, like, it's not the previous value is the accumulation of the previous values, I know that you can argue that "prev" means the previous returned value, but I always got confused because of this 😄 it's funny how much naming is important in programming and how different people have a different understanding of the names
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CSS in general probably doesn't count - because it's like - an entire language / but "Is it text-decoration or font-style...?" - is surely what this discussion is about! haha
For me if it is a matter of property name DevTools suggestions works great. But if it is a whole concept like Grid, Gradients or Flexbox, then I have to search it
Every single haystack/needle argument order for any PHP function that uses them.
I mean did the core team meeting go like:
Dev1: Hey let's decide the order for arguments in array functions.
Dev1: I think we should use the order; needle, haystack, optional.
Dev2: That's not fun. Let the order always be random, also let's make those functions also solve several problems at once so we can have more arguments thrown in.
Rest of devs: Applauds
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newMessageFormat("I just want to format {0} {1}").format("strings","easily");
Every damn time :D I just can't remember it, but need it so often.
LocalDate is a great candidate was well. I still use my Calendar until I remember there's something newer/fancier with LocalDate
I google for for loop syntax every time I switch technologies I use. I used to develop application in PHP with Twig templating, now I work in Node.js and Angular. The hardest thing to remember is when to type in or of :D
{% for user in users %} - in Twig we have in <array>
*ngFor="let item of items" - in Angular we have of <array>
Literally all string and array functions since I switch between 3 languages a day. My latest one was the syntax for uppercasing a string in JavaScript.
I still have some muscle memory from PHP times so I always try Array.explode() and wonder why it is not working before remembering that it's Array.split() in JS 😩
LOL! I hadn't worked in PHP in so long and I've completely forgotten about this.
But now it's a bit of a solved problem unless you're using an old editor like Notepad++, Sublime, or Atom. The editors that are timeless (sans Notepad++, and emacs), all seem to have decent LSP (language server protocol) support now to provide "intellisense" for auto-completion and linting at minimum.
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This isn't just a #beginners thing. I've been developing for a long time but have mental blocks with certain syntax. I was just writing up a post about the things I have to look up all the time.
For Typescript/Javascript I never remember when to do 'for of' or 'for in' when iterating an array or iterable. No matter what language I am writing in I wind up having to look up the syntax for initializing a Map or Dictionary with a bunch of values.
Indeed not a #beginners only thing! My reasoning behind the tag is so that junior devs can see that it is perfectly normal to search for code 😄
I decided to post this question when I realised that despite having 10 years experience making websites I still need to Google how to add a .css file with <link />
The simplest/stupidest? Bash operator precedence. I have to check Every. Time. But only because it's so weird and stupid! Whoever did this is a sociopath:
Of these list operators, && and || have equal precedence, followed by ; and &, which have equal precedence.
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Ditto. I think part of the reason is I rarely do it. I set up a machine then use it for a long time. Fresh machine and it's Google time to get the key generated and the agent working with git properly.
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I used to switch a lot between ruby and JS. Since then I started using capitalize method from ruby in JS. Every single time I have to search why it is not working. facepalm
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Not really code per se, but the debugging arguments for enabling remote debugging on the JVM. Why can they just have a simpler argument like -DremoteDebug.enable or something??
regex
regex is a classic, I've been through the whole HackerRank's regex course last year but still find myself searching for specific regex patterns
Exactly, I was considering to learn everything there is on it (like taking some advanced course or smth), tho I decided not to. While you know what you can do with it and it's use cases, you can quickly search it up thanks to sites like RegExr and Regex101.
Even now I don't know it that well I have to constantly keep googling it to remember different patterns. If we used it day to day then I think we would learn it better. I watched a video where a developer was using regex for daily productivity.
Yup. Same.
Regular expressions in general, i've used to do the same for reduce but then I saw one definition that I always remember
Reduce argument order was a common search for me as well, but repeating "prev, curr, ind, arr" a million times eventually made me learn it 😄
"acc, item".. was the one that done it for me, I don't know why I always found it "prev" wierd, like, it's not the previous value is the accumulation of the previous values, I know that you can argue that "prev" means the previous returned value, but I always got confused because of this 😄 it's funny how much naming is important in programming and how different people have a different understanding of the names
I use regex101.com/ constantly
How to make a triangle in CSS. You know those that you apply on :after.
always googled :)
Not sure if you can call it "code", but I need to lookup css all the time.
CSS might not be a programming language but it is a kind of code nonetheless 🙂
One CSS thing that I always search for is gradients syntax and
display: gridstuffIt's totally a programming language... / but - it's ok if you don't agree.
background-image: url($url);- is a function that goes and sends an HTTP request for an image based on an argument.CSS in general probably doesn't count - because it's like - an entire language / but "Is it text-decoration or font-style...?" - is surely what this discussion is about! haha
It does count, yes! 😄
For me if it is a matter of property name DevTools suggestions works great. But if it is a whole concept like Grid, Gradients or Flexbox, then I have to search it
For PHP in general,
DateTime,DateTimezone, and how to create a format string for theDateTime::format()method.For WordPress, the parameters for
wp_enqueue_script()andwp_enqueue_style().I also always look for Datetime and strtotime function in PHP 🤣
Space in html :/
Its the kind of thing, you tend to forget all the time 😂😂
No-Break-SPace =>
Now that is helpful. Thanks!
That and String.format when it's not a simple %s
Every single haystack/needle argument order for any PHP function that uses them.
I mean did the core team meeting go like:
Dev1: Hey let's decide the order for arguments in array functions.
Dev1: I think we should use the order; needle, haystack, optional.
Dev2: That's not fun. Let the order always be random, also let's make those functions also solve several problems at once so we can have more arguments thrown in.
Rest of devs: Applauds
Always is the datetime UNIX formats. I just don't get this hehe.
I've come to a conclusion that, no mater how experienced you are, dealing with Date always require some hours of googling.
Centering a div in CSS.
Every damn time :D I just can't remember it, but need it so often.
LocalDate is a great candidate was well. I still use my Calendar until I remember there's something newer/fancier with LocalDate
JavaScript
sliceandindexOf.PHP
map,filterandreduce. I always forget the order of the arguments.I google for
forloop syntax every time I switch technologies I use. I used to develop application in PHP with Twig templating, now I work in Node.js and Angular. The hardest thing to remember is when to typeinorof:D{% for user in users %}- in Twig we havein <array>*ngFor="let item of items"- in Angular we haveof <array>Annoying.
It makes me happy to know that some things never change, haha.
Regex 😁
Literally all string and array functions since I switch between 3 languages a day. My latest one was the syntax for uppercasing a string in JavaScript.
I still have some muscle memory from PHP times so I always try Array.explode() and wonder why it is not working before remembering that it's Array.split() in JS 😩
LOL! I hadn't worked in PHP in so long and I've completely forgotten about this.
But now it's a bit of a solved problem unless you're using an old editor like Notepad++, Sublime, or Atom. The editors that are timeless (sans Notepad++, and emacs), all seem to have decent LSP (language server protocol) support now to provide "intellisense" for auto-completion and linting at minimum.
for...of vs for...in
Even basic jq filters. That tool is so powerful and awesome, but also a major brainfuck. 😊
This isn't just a #beginners thing. I've been developing for a long time but have mental blocks with certain syntax. I was just writing up a post about the things I have to look up all the time.
For Typescript/Javascript I never remember when to do 'for of' or 'for in' when iterating an array or iterable. No matter what language I am writing in I wind up having to look up the syntax for initializing a Map or Dictionary with a bunch of values.
Indeed not a #beginners only thing! My reasoning behind the tag is so that junior devs can see that it is perfectly normal to search for code 😄
I decided to post this question when I realised that despite having 10 years experience making websites I still need to Google how to add a .css file with
<link />We lose what we don't use
unzipping tar.gzip files 🙃
I remember it as - tar extract gZip file
tar -xzf myfile.tgzHahhaha yes! Same here.
The simplest/stupidest? Bash operator precedence. I have to check Every. Time. But only because it's so weird and stupid! Whoever did this is a sociopath:
Anything in PHP that has a haystack and a needle, and the order of arguments for
array_mapandarray_filter. All I remember is that they're different.Converting an
indexOfto a Boolean in JS, every time!Freaking Adapters in Android.
Bash, command line arguments
while case esacNot code, but the switches for keygen to get the ssh key setup for ya know, everything.
Ditto. I think part of the reason is I rarely do it. I set up a machine then use it for a long time. Fresh machine and it's Google time to get the key generated and the agent working with git properly.
Exactly, same thing for me. I know the command, I know the switches I want, I just don't always remember the specifics of em'! :)
A quick way to kill all sleeping MySQL connections, I've finally put a one-liner together and saved it here.
Yes, splice and slice, so confused.
regex ...
Usually git commands I use once every 6 months as well as string and datetime formatting.
"C string" and I always forget to do it when no one else is near
Every CSS code is copied from Google in my case🤒
How to link a CSS file to a HTML one... Gets me every time. 😔
jquery on document ready...
Yeah, I can never remember this!
Regex, and object/array sorting
"metaviewport" tag - but we use textExpander now... so - yeah. Also "box-sizing paul irish"
git revert
JavaScript... getting date,month,year part from a Date .
CSS pseudo classes and their selectors, almost every time!
How to read a file in Java line by line.
Laravel validation rules
I used to switch a lot between ruby and JS. Since then I started using capitalize method from ruby in JS. Every single time I have to search why it is not working. facepalm
Bootstrap navigation...
strftime and strptime in python, every single time. Surely there must be something better than formatting and parsing by arbitrary string formats...
I think I'm finally over it, but declaring properties in c#.
-webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;isEmpty() and isBlank() of StringUtils in Java.
DateFormats, I forget about them all the time.
Oh, and the init stuff for git
Anything related with dates... in any language. Just to make 100% I'm no messing up any timezone.
Javascript slice, splice, substr, substring, str
Date today in YYYY-MM-DD format 😖
Basically any PHP function as every like function is back to front, so glad I'm not using that anymore
REGEX!
Count number of files within a directory in Linux
Oh boy, deleting remote branches via git gets me everytime
CSS Flexbox, every single time. Honestly, I should just bookmark this page: css-tricks.com/snippets/css/a-guid...
Not really code per se, but the debugging arguments for enabling remote debugging on the JVM. Why can they just have a simpler argument like -DremoteDebug.enable or something??
Regex. Every time I use regex101.com while coming to regex.
regex, centering a div, C++ STL functions, string methods, and I don't know what else.
Let me check on google, I can't remember it :)