Markdown: from simple text to rich documentation

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 […]

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The YAML format

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 […]

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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 […]

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The JSON format, this unknown

Meta language JSON

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 […]

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