I’m taking this exercise from CodeWars [https://www.codewars.com/kata/577a98a6ae28071780000989/train/csharp]. > Your task is to make two functions ( max and min, or maximum and minimum, etc., depending on the language ) that receive a list of integers as input, and return the largest and lowest number in that list, respectively. Examples (Input -> Output) * [4,6,2,1,9,63,-134,566] -> max = 566, min = -134 * [-52, 56, 30, 29, -54, 0, -110] -> min = -110, max = 56 * [42, 54, 65, 87, 0]

How to Solve the Two Sum Problem using an Object Oriented Programming Approach? — Problem Statement Here’s the description of the Two Sum problem: Given an array of integers nums and an integer target, return indices of the two numbers such that they add up to target. Example Input: nums = [2,7,11,15], target = 9 Output: [0,1] Explanation: Because nums[0] + nums[1] == 9, we return [0, 1]…

The behind-the-scenes process. What ideas did we come across to present at the Test Conference? What are the limitations I encounter? And some other thoughts and ideas … #testconf #process #testing #qa — The second Edition of the Mauritius Annual Test Conference. What topic to choose? When you work in the Enterprise Software Development world, you learn about a lot of processes and technologies esp. in organisations that are highly innovative.

This is a quick and easy way to pull your database from Heroku to your local machine. — Solution If you’re only interested in the solution, here’s what worked for me: PGUSER=postgres PGPASSWORD=postgres_database heroku pg:pull postgresql-address-on-heroku localdbhere --app your-app-on-heroku Problem As a developer, I prefer having a local database esp. for debugging and breaking stuff rather than using the one Test/Acceptance/Staging as other colleagues might be using them. …

How to rename a branch? #dev #git #workflow #coding — Let’s say you start working on a task and create a branch with the same name. But as you progress further, you realise that the work itself doesn’t describe the task name or the nature of work changes in between. However, you have already pushed your changes on remote. How…

How to create a user with PostgreSQL? #postgres #database #user — Here is a quick tutorial for today using Postgresql on Command Line using a terminal in Linux: sudo -u postgres createuser jammy sudo -u postgres createdb my_local_db sudo -u postgres psql (get into command line interface mode) ALTER USER jammy WITH PASSWORD ‘my_new_shiny_password’; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE my_local_db to jammy

How to find the opposite number in C#? #csharp #dotnet #math — We want to return the opposite number. Examples: 1: -1 14: -14 -34: 34 public static int Opposite(int number) { return -number; } Solution Another solution is: return n * -1; A SO reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1059480/math-opposite-sign-function Kata from codewars: https://www.codewars.com/kata/56dec885c54a926dcd001095/train/csharp

How to create and style a simple Pagination Component? #frontend #dev #UI #UX #angular — Pagination remains one of the most common UI components for data-centric apps esp. in regard to tables. Most modern Web frameworks such as ASP.NET, Ruby on Rails and Laravel come with a pagination feature by default requiring little configuration. Here’s how I create a simple Pagination component in Angular using…

Working with CSS. Some tips for improving your writing. How to code faster? My experience with Jetbrains Fleet. Another Selenium error. #coding #programming #writing #debugging #fleet #jetbrains #jetbrainsfleet — Working with CSS When adding styles to an element, I often prefer only specifying the class or at most the Id instead of adding the element tag. This enables me to switch elements as needed without a big breaking change.