This is just a dumping ground for articles/books/tools that stuck out to me over the last week.
Most of the articles I read come from some excellent newsletter sources: Javascript Weekly, HTML5 Weekly, Ruby Weekly, Node Weekly, Database Weekly, and the Code Project Newsletter. Books are from a …
When you're deploying to Github, crafting a helpful and well-formatted README file is a great starting point for people interested in your project. There are lots of Markdown preview tools available (just check for plugins or bundles in your favorite editor/IDE, or an online tool like …
If you're upgrading MySQL from 5.5 to 5.6, you may encounter some issues when trying to insert and update data. For instance, trying to insert an empty string into a decimal value may have worked for you in 5.5, but now throws this in 5.6: Incorrect decimal value: '' for column 'my_decimal_column' …
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