How to use the www.Prefixbox.com service to integrate a lightning fast auto-complete search into your static site.
Having an interactive and fully dynamic instant search box is a feature that has become ubiquitous for today’s internet users.
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They give you very detailed information about how to execute all the necessary steps. However their instructions are only aimed at Linux/Unix users. …
Huh? We’re waiting how long?
You don’t have to work for a long time in software development to come across code similar to the following
void CoolStuff()
{
var data = GetDataWithTimeout(5000);
}Data GetDataWithTimeout(int timeout)
{
Thread.Sleep(timeout); // or something that takes a while
}
There is one major issue with this code that specifically relates to its readability and consequently its long term maintainability.
Can you spot it?
Don’t worry if you couldn’t. This is a very easy flaw to miss and is usually not uncovered until someone is tasked with maintaining or changing a block of code like this.
What is a “timeout”
The issue with…
