Coding
PHP role in Web Development
So I would like to enhance my ability in web technologies from html/css to javascript and php. I have two questrions: What is the role of PHP in a website? Is it just used to Read more…
c++
C++ style template constants with C# generics.
I’m definitely not the first person to think of this, but I like it in a cheating kind of way. Is the typeof(subtract) == typeof(const_true) comparison optimized away by the compiler? If not, I can Read more…
c++
Find maximum profit that can be earned by conditionally selling stocks
Given a list containing future price predictions of two different stocks for the next n-days, find the maximum profit that can be earned by selling the stocks with a constraint that the second stock can Read more…
c++
Find k closest elements to a given value in an array
Given a sorted integer array, find the k closest elements to x in the array where k and x are given positive integers. The integer x may or may not be present in the input Read more…
Website
SwiftUI Layout Explained: Free to watch!
A central piece of every UI framework is its layout system, and SwiftUI is no exception. Without a good understanding of the layout system, building user interfaces quickly becomes frustrating. We did a lot of Read more…
c++
Casting an int to a char uses the UTF conversion and not the ASCII conversion?
So I cast the int number 250 to a char, and initially was confused why the corresponding ASCII didn’t appear when I did printed it, but then realised it seemed to be using UTF instead? Read more…
c++
Water Jugs Problem
Suppose you are given n red and n blue water jugs, all of different shapes and sizes. All red jugs hold different amounts of water, as do the blue ones. Moreover, there is a blue Read more…
Tech
Top 10 software development stories of 2020
Over the last few years, with the shift to insourcing, many organisations have begun rebuilding software development as a core competency. On the one hand, software developers are helping businesses create applications that take advantage Read more…
c++
Create Mirror of an m-ary Tree
Given an m-ary tree, write an efficient algorithm to convert the tree to its mirror. An m-ary tree (aka k-ary tree) is a tree in which each node has no more than m children. Each Read more…
.Net
Is .NET a Swiss army knife?
Hi. I wonder if the .NET platform is such a jack of trades, master of none. The backend is ruled by Java, on the Javascript front, in mobile Kotlin, in games and low-level things C++ Read more…