What is the etymology of ‘slug’ in a URL? [closed]

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What’s the use/meaning of the @ character in variable names in C#?

I discovered that you can start your variable name with a ‘@’ character in C#. In my C# project I was using a web service (I added a web reference to my project) that was written in Java. One of the interface objects defined in the WSDL had a member variable with the name “params”. … Read more

What is the difference between a shim and a polyfill?

Both seem to be used in web development circles, see e.g. HTML5 Cross Browser Polyfills, which says: So here we’re collecting all the shims, fallbacks, and polyfills… Or, there’s the es5-shim project. In my current project we’re using a number of these, and I want to stick them all in the same directory. So, what … Read more

What does the @ symbol before a variable name mean in C#? [duplicate]

This question already has answers here: Closed 10 years ago. Possible Duplicate: What’s the use/meaning of the @ character in variable names in C#? I understand that the @ symbol can be used before a string literal to change how the compiler parses the string. But what does it mean when a variable name is … Read more

Naming Classes – How to avoid calling everything a “Manager”? [closed]

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