Virtual Curiosities - Page 27 - PC Tutorials, Software Reviews, and Virtual Curiosities

How to Fix Flexbox Ignoring Width / Height Set

Explanation
Troubleshooting
For reference, a list of problems you can encounter with display: flex; in CSS, and how to solve them.
How to Use git reset to Fix a Wrong Commit

Tutorial
If you have ever committed something by mistake in git, you can undo it by using git reset.
cherrytree

Freeware
Linux
macOS
Open Source
Windows
A free note-taking application available for Windows and Linux with headings and images.
Note 2024-11-27: Should Navbars be Taglines?

My Blog
What if navbars shouldn't be navigation, but taglines?
Note 2024-11-27: I Have Never Seen a Navbar in My Life

My Blog
I don't use my own navbar, and I think that says a lot about navbars.
Internet Bumper Stickers

Tiny Website
A humor website featuring hundreds of "bumper stickers" as digital images, organized in multiple categories, that you can use for free in your blog.
Dotfile

Definition
A file whose filename starts with a dot (.), e.g. .gitignore, .bashrc, .xsessionrc, .viminfo.
Hidden File

Definition
A file or folder that isn't listed by a file manager by default even though it exists.
Flag (in a Terminal Command)

Definition
An optional parameter that begins with only one dash (-) and has only one letter, e.g. "-a", "-b", etc.
Terminal Command

Definition
What is a Terminal Command? A terminal command is a text command that you can type in a terminal to execute a program. Terminal commands are typically names of programs that are meant to be executed together with the parameters that control their behavior. This term is synonymous with "command-line command." Examples of Terminal Commands […]
UI

Definition
Abbreviation for User Interface.
How to Declare Global Variables in Typescript

Tutorial
Learn the multiple ways to declare global variables in Typescript.
Typescript

Definition
A tool and programming language to generate Javascript code.
Sass (in CSS)

Definition
A tool and programming language for generating CSS code.
Metaprogramming

Definition
The ability to write the source code of a program to generate the source code of another program, i.e. it's the programming of programming.
All About Visual Studio Code

Reference
I've written a few tutorials about VS Code.
How to Run Two Tasks in Two Terminals Side by Side in VS Code using tasks.json

Tutorial
Learn how to create a build task (or test task) to run two tasks in two terminals side by side using tasks.json.
How to Run Two Tasks in Parallel in VS Code using tasks.json

Tutorial
Learn how to make two build tasks (or test tasks) run simultaneously, in parallel, in VS Code using tasks.json.
How to Create a Task to Run an NPM Script from package.json in VS Code using tasks.json

Tutorial
Learn how to create a build task (or test task) to run an NPM script from your package.json using tasks.json in VS Code.
package.json (in JavaScript)

Definition
A configuration file containing JSON code used by Node and NPM.