Markdown (MD) has established itself as a go-to choice for creating readable and versatile text documents. Its lightweight syntax and plain-text nature make it perfect for various uses, from writing blog posts to crafting technical documentation. This article delves into the world of MD, equipping you with its fundamentals and […]
Mixed
What is present in the “mixed” section is something that usually concerns transversal languages or meta-languages and has a very specific purpose, a raison d’être that makes it necessary. Languages like JSON, for passing informations, YAML, for configurations, or regular expressions are welcome.
The YAML format
The YAML format (YML) is a language made especially for data, mainly used for configuration files. It has caught on in recent years together with languages such as XML or JSON. One of its major peculiarities is the possibility of writing the format by indenting the nesting of the various […]
Regular expressions – insights (part 2)
Let’s see other structures and details on what the world of regular expressions is. Special characters, greedy searches and back references. […]
Regular expressions – metacharacters (part 1)
Today’s topic is separated from programming languages but included in. Regular expressions are a very efficient meta-language when it comes to performing validations, replacements or searches where accuracy of intent is crucial. In particular, in this part, we will analyze the syntax of regular expressions metacharacters.Many hate them as they […]
The JSON format, this unknown
It has happened to me many times that issues discussed and re-discussed a million times, came back into vogue as doubts, perhaps trivial but always dangerous, being able to give rise to unknown outputs. I’m talking about the very useful JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) format, often useful in case of […]