Any serializable java class (implementing java.io.Serializable) that follows specific conventions: a no-argument constructor, and properties accessible via get/set/is accessors. The idea is to make it predictable, so that properties etc can be discovered automatically through reflection – of great help in tool and framework development.
Semantics are the meaning of various elements in the program (or whatever). For example, let’s look at this code: int width, numberOfChildren; Both of these variables are integers. From the compiler’s point of view, they are exactly the same. However, judging by the names, one is the width of something, while the other is a … Read more
[:] is shorthand notation for creating a Map. You can also add keys and values to it: def foo = [bar: ‘baz’]
Currying is when you break down a function that takes multiple arguments into a series of functions that each take only one argument. Here’s an example in JavaScript: function add (a, b) { return a + b; } add(3, 4); // returns 7 This is a function that takes two arguments, a and b, and … Read more
REST is the underlying architectural principle of the web. The amazing thing about the web is the fact that clients (browsers) and servers can interact in complex ways without the client knowing anything beforehand about the server and the resources it hosts. The key constraint is that the server and client must both agree on … Read more
The most effective way to break applications is to create GOD classes. Those are classes that keep track of a lot of information and have several responsibilities. One code change will most likely affect other parts of the class and therefore indirectly all other classes that use it. That in turn leads to an even … Read more
Qt defines QT_NO_DEBUG for release builds. Otherwise QT_DEBUG is defined. Of course you are free to specify any DEFINES in your .pro files and scope them for either debug or release.
Clause 9 of the standard allows class {public: int i;} (note the lack of a final semicolon) because this decl-specifier-seq for an unnamed class might be used in some other construct such as a typedef or a variable declaration. The problem with class {public: int i;}; (note that the final semicolon is now present) is … Read more
Fuzzy logic is logic where state membership is, essentially, a float with range 0..1 instead of an int 0 or 1. The mileage you get out of it is that things like, for example, the changes you make in a control system are somewhat naturally more fine-tuned than what you’d get with naive binary logic. … Read more
I’m not agree with the answers I’m seeing, although it’s true that NoSQL solutions tends to break the ACID rules, not all are created from that approach. I think first you should define what is a SQL Solution and then you can put the “Not Only” in front of it, that will be more accurate … Read more