{"id":1628,"date":"2025-02-01T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/itenium\/programming-mnemonics\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T13:31:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T12:31:45","slug":"programming-mnemonics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/itenium\/blog\/productivity\/programming-mnemonics\/","title":{"rendered":"Programming Mnemonics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One I couldn\u2019t remember for the longest time until I found this gem:<\/p>\n<p><code>rn<\/code>: <strong>R<\/strong>etur<strong>N<\/strong> &#8211; the R is before the N<\/p>\n<p>And a quick reminder:<\/p>\n<pre><code>OS &amp; Windows: rn 0D0A (hex), 13,10 (decimal)\nUnix &amp; Mac OS X: LF, n, 0A, 10, Newline\nMacintosh (OS 9): CR, r, 0D, 13\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><strong>Programming<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Parameters vs Arguments: <strong>A<\/strong>rguments are <strong>A<\/strong>ctual<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><code><\/code>: Backslash is a man falling backwards.<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><code>\/<\/code>: Forwardslash is the opposite.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><code>.unshift<\/code>: Makes it bigger. Longer word than .shift<\/li>\n<li><code>.shift<\/code>: Makes it smaller. Shorter word than .unshift<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>JavaScript:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>.call<\/code>: Pass arguments as <strong>c<\/strong>olumns &#8211; <code>fn.call(this, arg1, arg2, ...)<\/code><\/li>\n<li><code>.apply<\/code> Pass arguments as an <strong>a<\/strong>rray &#8211; <code>fn.call(this, [arg1, arg2, ...])<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Markdown:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201csquared circle\u201d aka <code>[]()<\/code> aka <code>[word](http:\/\/link)<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Regex flags:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>\/s<\/code>: Allows <code>.*<\/code> to <strong>Slurp<\/strong> up numerous lines<\/li>\n<li><code>\/m<\/code>: Allows <code>^<\/code> and <code>$<\/code> to match in the <strong>Middle<\/strong> of the string<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"css\">CSS<\/h1>\n<p>Order for margins\/paddings<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>If you don\u2019t remember there will be <strong>TRouBLe<\/strong><br \/> margin: T R B L; <small>or: The Really Big Lebowski<\/small><small>or a clock: 12h 3h 6h 9h<\/small><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Pseudo class order<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>L<\/strong>o<strong>V<\/strong>e \/ <strong>HA<\/strong>te<br \/><code>a:link<\/code>, <code>a:visited<\/code>, <code>a:hover<\/code>, <code>a:active<\/code><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>.class vs #id<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Hash is not a class<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h1 id=\"mathy\">Mathy<\/h1>\n<p>The order of math operations:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally<br \/> (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiply, Divide, Add, and Subtract)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To remember the value of pi:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>May I have a large container of coffee?<br \/> (The number of letters in each word equals the numerals in pi = 3.1415927)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h1 id=\"other\">Other<\/h1>\n<h2 id=\"even-for-tar\">Even for tar<\/h2>\n<p>Even for tar one exists, as the following IRC conversation illustrates:<\/p>\n<pre><code>&lt;sdmkun&gt; tar -xzf merc.tgz what the fuck\n&lt;sdmkun&gt; how the fuck do you people remember this shit\n&lt;bucketmouse&gt; just think with a german accent\n&lt;bucketmouse&gt; XTRACT ZE FILES\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<h2 id=\"english\">English<\/h2>\n<p>Not really a programming mnemonic but Simon posted it, and I liked it too much to not add it here \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itenium-be.github.io\/blog-posts-new\/assets\/blog-images\/mnemonics-there-their.png\" alt=\"There vs Their\" title=\"There vs Their\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Extras<\/h1>\n<p><b>Other interesting reads<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/992\/\">XKCD Presents: Some New Science Mnemonics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Updates<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li> 2 February 2025: There vs Their<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mnemonics &#8211; helping developers remember intrinsics since 1973.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A mnemonic<br \/> a system such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations which assists in remembering something.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-1628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-productivity","tag-cheat-sheet"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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