Questions

• 71 votes 19 answers
  How do I edit an incorrect commit message in Git? I stupidly did a Git commit while half asleep, and wrote the totally wrong t...
• 63 votes 20 answers
  Plain English explanation of Big O What is a plain English explanation of Big O? With as little formal definiti...
• 57 votes 28 answers
  How to pair socks from a pile efficiently? Yesterday I was pairing the socks from the clean laundry, and figured out th...
• 54 votes 9 answers
  How do I fix merge conflicts in Git? Is there a good way to explain how to resolve merge conflicts in Git?...
• 53 votes 21 answers
  How can I make a redirect page in jQuery/JavaScript... How can I redirect the user from one page to another using jQuery?...
• 46 votes 8 answers
  What is a metaclass in Python? I've mastered almost all the Python concepts (well, let's say they're just O...
• 38 votes 17 answers
  How do I clone all remote branches with Git? I have a master and a development branch, both pushed to GitHub. I've cloned...
• 37 votes 30 answers
  Href attribute for JavaScript links: “#” or “javasc... When building a link that has the sole purpose to run JavaScript code, there...
• 33 votes 30 answers
  The Definitive C++ Book Guide and List This question attempts to collect the few pearls among the dozens of bad C++...
• 28 votes 26 answers
  Undo 'git add' before commit I mistakenly added files using the command I have not yet run git commit. ...
• 22 votes 11 answers
  What is the maximum length of a URL in different br... What is the maximum length of a URL in different browsers? Does it differ be...
• 7 votes 9 answers
  Why is processing a sorted array faster than an uns... Here is a piece of C++ code that shows some very peculiar performance. For s...
• 6 votes 10 answers
  How can I pass the string “Null” through WSDL (SOAP... We have an employee whose last name is Null. He kills our employee lookup ap...
• 5 votes 19 answers
  How can I check if one string contains another subs... How can I check if one string contains another substring in JavaScript? Us...
• 5 votes 8 answers
  How do I “think in AngularJS” if I have a jQuery ba... How do I “think in AngularJS” if I have a jQuery background? Suppose I'...