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by Frank Lin
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 the npm install.
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by Frank Lin
Fetch lyric from QQ music using Ajax, with simple example
Get lyric for music can be easily done by several 3rd-party services. Especially in Foobar, the ESLyric component makes it easy to auto-fetch .lrc by JavaScript. But sometimes it may fail to work for certain music or from a certain lyric provider. Recently, as I installed a newer version of foobox, I found the lyrics from QQ music is getting some problems with the built-in script. So I would like to know what happens and try to fix it.
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by Frank Lin
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.
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by Frank Lin
Get your anaconda ready with 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.
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by Frank Lin
In-place swap
In-place swap is just a logic trick used to swap a content of two distinct variables without any temporary storage variable.
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