lifelong journey with
understanding and presenting
Quick Tips
npm install, concerns for me
While learning Node.js, install packages is a commonly operation. However, as a newbie, I might install the packages not in the right way. So taking this note to refresh my mind on npm installs.
continue reading
Site Construction
Contact form for a static site without a backend
For a static site like those on GitHub Pages, everything is done in the frontend. The user just downloads a bunch of static files that execute in their browser. But for a "Contact" form, to deal with the submissions we typically need a backend service, either self hosted or a third a third-party service.
continue reading
Quick Tips
Get your anaconda ready after brew install
Just add the anaconda into PATH after installing it with Homebrew. If no .bash_profile, you can append the "/usr/local/anaconda3/bin" to the paths file as well.
continue reading
C Notes | CS Basics
In-place swap, in C
In-place swap is just a logic trick used to swap a content of two distinct variables without any temporary storage variable.
continue reading
Shell Notes
Testing Dialog in shell scripts
Dialog is an utility for creating professional-looking dialog boxes within shell scripts, this article just follow the tutorial and present the examples of how and where it can be used.
continue reading
Site Construction
Bootstrap cards for showing colors
A few days ago, I built a website for showing traditional Chinese colors with bootstrap cards. Several issues I encountered during this process, just write them down for records.
continue reading
Python Notes
Query Yahoo finance historical data via python requests
It is said Yahoo finance closed the historical data api on May 18th 2017, but we can still download the data from the webpage. Here showing the way to download data using python request.
continue reading