PHP 5 Tutorial Syntactic sugar For example, many programming languages provide special syntax for referencing and updating array elements. Abstractly, an array reference is simply a procedure of two arguments: an array and a subscript vector, which could be expressed as get_array(Array, vector(i,j)). Instead, many languages provide special syntax like Array[i,j] . Language processors, including compilers, static analyzers, and the like, often expand sugared constructs into more fundamental constructs before processing, a process sometimes called "desugaring". Origins[edit] The term syntactic sugar was coined by Peter J. Notable examples[edit] Criticism[edit] Some programmers feel that these syntax usability features are either unimportant or outright frivolous. Derivative terms[edit] Syntactic salt[edit] Syntactic salt may defeat its purpose by making the code unreadable and thus worsen its quality - in extreme cases, useful code may be shorter than the overhead introduced to satisfy language requirements.
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Top 10 Programming Languages to Learn in 2014 Updated on May 5, 2014 Having spent more than 5 years in software development and the computer programming arena, one of the most common questions I am asked is: This is a question that is asked by beginners, as well as experts. As with many important questions, the answer is not simple. There are many factors that should be taken into account while deciding a programming language to learn. Technology evolves in matter of weeks and by the time you become expert in a particular software technology, it can already be considered obsolete. In addition to that, another interesting aspect of programming that I noticed is that not only programmers and software engineers are interested in learning new programming languages, but people from totally different walks of life are also into it. Now back to the top 10. 1. I vividly remember that the first programming language course that I had in my university was of C language. 2. 3. Java was developed by James Gosling, in 1990 at Sun Microsystems. 5.
10 Ins'Pi'ring Raspberry Pi Projects | Lifehacker UK No matter the level of your nerdism, there’s a Pi-based project for everyone out there. We've trawled through the mountain of makers to find you 10 of the best. The Raspberry Pi came from nowhere to become one of those iconic British products that even Joe Public is aware of, even if they might confuse the name with alternative selections of fruity pastries. We covered some interesting projects earlier in the year on the first anniversary of the Pi, but there’s so many pre-occupied coders working on mind-blowing projects that now is a brilliant time to decide on a project of your own with a little inspiration from us. Make your own media streamer If you’re still a total beginner at Pi-gramming, loading your Raspi up as a micro media-streamer would be a great place to start. Turn a Raspberry Pi Into an XBMC Media Centre in Under 30 Minutes Xbian is the client that works alongside XBMC on your PC to stream media across your network and play back via a Pi. To get you started: Xbian.Org
Using Breakpoints in Xcode – Jeffrey Sambells if you’ve used Xcode you’re probably familiar with the basics of breakpoints. Place a little marker in the sidebar and when your code reaches that point, everything pauses at that point so you can take a peek, look around, and see what’s going on with variables and the call stack. Xcode breakpoints offer a number of different features and creating breakpoints can go way beyond clicking the sidebar. Let’s take a look. Breakpoint Basics So we’re all on the same page, here’s some of the basics for working with breakpoints in Xcode. You can add breakpoints at any time, before or after your code is already running. This is a simple breakpoint. You can temporarily disable the breakpoint by clicking it again. You can simply click it again to re-enable it. To remove a breakpoint, you either right-click and select “Delete Breakpoint”, or drag the breakpoint off the bar. The Breakpoint Navigator will show you all the breakpoints that are set in your current workspace or project. Sample Project
Ray Wenderlich | Tutorials for iPhone / iOS Developers and Gamers Swift Programming Language What’s new Swift 6 makes it easier to write concurrent code correctly with a new, optional language mode that analyzes your code at compile-time and diagnoses possible data races. This release also brings other enhancements to concurrency and generics, as well as improved support for source editors that use the Language Server Protocol. Watch the latest video Download the Swift one-sheet Modern Swift is the result of the latest research on programming languages, combined with decades of experience building software that runs on billions of devices. Declare new types with modern, straightforward syntax. Add functionality to existing types using extensions, and cut down on boilerplate code with custom string interpolations. extension Player: Codable, Equatable {} import Foundation let encoder = JSONEncoder() try encoder.encode(player) print(player) Quickly extend your custom types to take advantage of powerful language features, such as automatic JSON encoding and decoding. Designed for safety
Cocoa Touch - iOS Technology Overview Built on Objective-C Much of Cocoa Touch is implemented in Objective-C, an object-oriented language that is compiled to run at incredible speed, yet employs a truly dynamic runtime making it uniquely flexible. Because Objective-C is a superset of C, it is easy to mix C and even C++ into your Cocoa Touch applications. As your application runs, the Objective-C runtime instantiates objects based on executing logic – not just in ways defined during compilation. For example, a running Objective-C application can load an interface (a nib file created by Interface Builder), connect the Cocoa objects in the interface to your application code, then run the correct method once the UI button is pressed. Complete Assortment of Frameworks Core Animation Use Core Animation to create rich user experiences from an easy programming model based on compositing independent layers of graphics. Core Audio Core Data Features List: Frameworks by Category Audio and Video Core Audio OpenAL Media Library AV Foundation
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