Updated: September 16th, 2012
- Introduction
- The Story
- Hidden Features Of
- Programming Languages
- Hidden features of ActionScript3 / Flex
- Hidden features of ASP.NET
- Hidden features of x86 assembly
- Hidden features of C
- Hidden features of C++
- Hidden features of C#
- Hidden features of ColdFusion
- Hidden features of D
- Hidden features of Delphi
- Hidden features of Erlang
- Hidden features of F#
- Hidden features of Flash development, Flash language (AS2/3), and Flash IDE
- Hidden features of Java
- Hidden features of JavaScript
- Hidden features of Haskell
- Hidden features of Lisp
- Hidden features of Lua
- Hidden features of Objective-C
- Hidden features of Perl
- Hidden features of PHP
- Hidden features of Python
- Hidden features of R
- Hidden features of Ruby
- Hidden features of Ruby on Rails
- Hidden features of Scala
- Hidden features of Silverlight
- Hidden features and Dark Corners of STL?
- Hidden features of TCL/TK
- Hidden features of VB.Net
- Hidden features of VBA
- Databases
- Hidden features of MySQL
- Hidden features of Oracle
- Hidden features of PL/SQL
- Hidden features of PostgreSQL
- Hidden features of SQL Server
- Mobile
- Hidden features of Android development
- Other
- Hidden features of Bash – also see my bash cheatsheet.
- Hidden features of CSS
- Hidden features of Django
- Hidden features of Eclipse
- Hidden features of Emacs
- Hidden features of Grails
- Hidden features of Greasemonkey
- Hidden features of HTML
- Hidden features of HTTP
- Hidden features of jQuery
- Hidden features of mod_rewrite
- Hidden features of Qt
- Hidden features of RegEx
- Hidden features of Spring framework
- Hidden features of VHDL
- Hidden features of Visual Studio (2005-2008)
- Hidden features of Windows.Forms
- Hidden features of WPF and XAML
- Hidden features of Xpath+Xslt
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Introduction
StackOverflow is an amazing site for coding questions. It was created by Joel Spolsky of joelonsoftware.com, Jeff Atwood of codinghorror.com, and some other incredibly smart guys who truly care about user experience. I have been a total fan of SO since it went mainstream and it's now a borderline addiction (you can see my StackOverflow badge on the right sidebar).
The Story
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Update 06/21/09: I think I've got the situation under control now. The load is between 0 and 3 now and pages load relatively fast. I will be posting about the getting redditted/delicioused experience later.
Update 06/23/09: Added jQuery, Greasemonkey, Ruby on Rails, and Objective-C, broke databases into their own section, and sorted everything alphabetically.
Update 06/23/09: Added Scala, Lua, TCL, F#, Regex, and HTTP.
Update 07/21/09: Added ActionScript3/Flex, Erlang, PL/SQL, Silverlight, VBA, VHDL, WPF/XAML.
Update 10/24/09: Added Flash development/language/IDE, Emacs, Xpath/Xslt, Spring framework.
Update 01/18/10: Added Android (asked by yours truly), Qt, Django, Windows.Forms, R, Lisp, x86 assembly, Grails.
So, one day someone at StackOverflow started a "Hidden features of" post about a famous language (I don't feel like finding out which one was first exactly), and it turned out to be so popular that other posts in the same series started popping up.
Such questions were quickly turned into community wikis, for the purposes of harvesting and organizing information coming from the best developers on the planet and voted by users of the site. There are literally hundreds of answers, sorted by votes.
Hidden Features Of
Programming Languages
Hidden features of ActionScript3 / Flex
Hidden features of ASP.NET
Hidden features of x86 assembly
Hidden features of C
Hidden features of C++
Hidden features of C#
Hidden features of ColdFusion
Hidden features of D
Hidden features of Delphi
Hidden features of Erlang
Hidden features of F#
Hidden features of Flash development, Flash language (AS2/3), and Flash IDE
Hidden features of Java
Hidden features of JavaScript
Hidden features of Haskell
Hidden features of Lisp
Hidden features of Lua
Hidden features of Objective-C
Hidden features of Perl
Hidden features of PHP
Hidden features of Python
Hidden features of R
Hidden features of Ruby
Hidden features of Ruby on Rails
Hidden features of Scala
Hidden features of Silverlight
Hidden features and Dark Corners of STL?
Hidden features of TCL/TK
Hidden features of VB.Net
Hidden features of VBA
Databases
Hidden features of MySQL
Hidden features of Oracle
Hidden features of PL/SQL
Hidden features of PostgreSQL
Hidden features of SQL Server
Mobile
Hidden features of Android development
Other
Hidden features of Bash – also see my bash cheatsheet.
Hidden features of CSS
Hidden features of Django
Hidden features of Eclipse
Hidden features of Emacs
Hidden features of Grails
Hidden features of Greasemonkey
Hidden features of HTML
Hidden features of HTTP
Hidden features of jQuery
Hidden features of mod_rewrite
Hidden features of Qt
Hidden features of RegEx
Hidden features of Spring framework
Hidden features of VHDL
Hidden features of Visual Studio (2005-2008)
Hidden features of Windows.Forms
Hidden features of WPF and XAML
Hidden features of Xpath+Xslt
I will try to maintain this list, adding new languages that join the series as I find them. Now go learn something new!
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