Links tagged “reference”

catonmat.net

I decided to write an article about a thing that is second nature to embedded systems programmers - low level bit hacks. Bit hacks are ingenious little programming tricks that manipulate integers in a smart and efficient manner. Instead of performing some operation (such as counting the 1 bits in ...

ootips.org

One recommended book per topic, across object-oriented design, programming languages, components and databases, and software management.

msdn.microsoft.com

Reference for IWebBrowser2, the COM interface exposed by the Internet Explorer WebBrowser ActiveX control, with its methods, properties and C++ usage examples.

jqapi.com

An alternative browser for the jQuery API documentation, built around fast search, keyboard navigation and static pages.

debian.org

Chapter 12 of the Debian Reference, in French — shell scripting, interpreted and compiled languages, debugging with gdb, Make and Autotools, and building Debian packages.

code.google.com

Reference documenting several hundred security-relevant behaviours of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Chrome and the Android browser, with open test cases.

oumma.com

Sommaire des 114 sourates du Coran en traduction française, chacune liant vers son texte intégral.

pixelbeat.org

Cheat sheet of GNU screen keyboard shortcuts and command-line options — windows, splitting, detaching, copy mode and scrollback.

docs.python.org

Chapter of the Python language reference covering objects, types and the standard type hierarchy, and every special method a class can define to customise its behaviour.

jrmiii.com

One-page mind map of Vim commands grouped by cursor movement, insert mode, editing, visual mode, search and replace, macros, cut and paste, and multi-file work.

quadium.net

Final 1998 specification of Funge-98, the family of topological languages that generalises Befunge, covering Funge-Space, the stack stack, instructions and fingerprints.

kernel.org

Official Git manual for users with command-line skills but no Git knowledge, from repository basics and history through workflows, rewriting history and plumbing commands.

linuxgazette.net

Linux Gazette introduction to Vim for readers who already know the basics, collecting mnemonics and the slightly more advanced commands that speed up everyday editing.

petethomas.co.uk

Reference chart of jazz chord symbol notation, comparing the competing conventions for majors, minors, alterations and upper extensions.

smashingmagazine.com

A roundup of 53 CSS techniques and tutorials collected as a working reference for front-end developers.

w3.org

Section 10 of RFC 2616, defining every HTTP/1.1 status code from 1xx to 5xx and the semantics a client and server must attach to each.

cheat-sheets.org

A single-page directory linking to cheat sheets, quick reference cards and reference guides for hundreds of languages, frameworks and tools.

quirksmode.org

Reference on conditional comments, the Internet Explorer-only syntax for serving markup and stylesheets that every other browser ignores as a comment.

quirksmode.org

Cross-browser compatibility tables for the properties of the JavaScript event object, with notes on how to read each one safely.