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In computer science, code is any collection of computer instructions (possibly with comments) written using some human-readable computer language, usually as text.

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Why is monospaced text often smaller than regular text?

I often see that monospaced text is smaller than regular text in the same context. Here are some examples: Crafting Interpreters has the main font 16px large and the monospaced font 13px large. ...
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Struggling to make an accessible data table with clickable rows!

We're currently working on making our data table accessible. Our main concern is the whole clickable row that triggers a side sheet. The entire row is clickable, and a part of its content may be ...
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Do line numbers in a code theme need to meet WCAG AA contrast?

We're designing a custom code theme which displays line numbers, and we're having some internal debate whether these line numbers need to meet WCAG AA contrast guidelines? They're not the main body ...
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How should non-monospace code listings be marked up in HTML? [closed]

For marking up source code beyond small fragments embedded in normal text, the official recommendation seems to be to use the code and pre elements. And this works fine if your listings should reflect ...
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Differentiate Design Systems incl. code-snippets from repositories

I'm currently doing some research on design systems (hereafter DS) because we want build one. Context Requirements for a DS guides our designers when building something that needs to conform to our ...
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Are most QR codes just used to encode URLs?

My understanding is that all of the QR codes being scanned by Chinese users in WeChat are actually just encoding plain old URLs. I'm not a WeChat user, but this suggests to me that if I (painfully) ...
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What color scheme is this [closed]

I'd appreciate some info on (the exact, an underlying or a similar) color scheme used for styling code samples on this page: https://fontawesome.com/how-to-use/on-the-web/setup/upgrading-from-version-...
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Telephone input (+ country code)

I am asked to improve the sign-up process of a double authentication system. At one step there, we ask users to input their telephone number. Right now users have to click on the flag and choose ...
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Why draw a grid behind text/code in the editor?

Two GNOME applications (Builder and Text Editor) have an option to draw a faint grid in the background of the text editing window. The grid does not map neatly onto the fixed-width font. Does this ...
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How to design configurable scripts for non-programmers [closed]

I have a python script that allows users to parse addresses when batch-editing a table. The script allows the user to choose whether to return the house number or the street name to the field (by ...
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If I need to show a list of http methods for selection, is there a recommended order in which to display them?

I'm working on an API management product, and someone has suggested that we present the methods in alpha order: DELETE GET HEAD OPTIONS PATCH POST PUT My hunch is that this is not the best order, ...
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Writing other color spaces than RGB in hex

I'm working on an iphone application that is going to feature a custom color selection tool. The application supports various color spaces and I'd like to use hex because the codes are shorter and ...
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Scaling relative size of nested parentheses in code editors

I was coding today and the thought occurred to me: why is dynamic scaling of the relative sizes of nested parentheses/brackets/curly braces not already a common feature of code editors? One often has ...
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How to make code examples accessible in a document?

I'm creating a MS Word document (and will probably convert it to PDF later on) for a visually impaired programming student. I'm following all the guidelines about text semantics, like correctly using ...
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Why is stackoverflow and blog layout ignorant of screen width? [closed]

Take https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33131200/spring-ignores-property-file-in-current-directory-using-that-in-classpath-instea. Most monitors I use these days are 1080p or atleast 900 anyway, yet ...
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What's the best way to show multiple options for opening a codebase?

I'd like to give users of a desktop app I'm working on the option of accessing their local code either through the Windows Explorer/Mac Finder or through the command-line, what's the best way to do ...
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select date range in two inputs [closed]

So I was trying to add date picker to select my StartDate and EndDate. I have no problem when using the usual datepicker. What I'm aiming for is something like this: By clicking on the text input, ...
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Why is == the standard equality operator? [closed]

In all the programming languages I have ever used, the comparator for testing a mathematical equivalence is ==. For example, in python: if 7 == 8 - 1: Why are all, as far as I am aware, programming ...
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Best way to display code to non-programmers

I'm asked to analyze the program responsible for printing our invoices. (Via SAP script) This program is pretty old and contains more than 4.000 lines of code. It sets a lot of different variables ...
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Where I can put link to popup with input for promo code?

I am mocking up a very minimalistic user-account page, and I have a mockup: This is mockup probably most important subpage. This page will be like "command center" for a user because he will do ...
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What's the best way to present variables in a WYSIWYG editor?

I'm working on a WYSIWYG editor, similar to medium.com. We need to support variables inside the editor. For example, you might want to add text: Hi, *|FNAME|* which would be replaced with Hi, Gustavs ...
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Better UI for exchanging blocks up and down

I have developed a UI as shown below: Now I want to add a functionality to this UI that if user wants to exchange positions of if and else if blocks, he must be able to do that. One option could be ...
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Code reference site for developers

I'm looking for any UI / UX evidence for what makes a good code reference site. The information is a set of entries of classes (which contains properties and methods), subclasses, functions, and hooks ...
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Best Practices for Code Editor and Auto-complete

I am working on a code editor application. The app will be web based and currently I am trying to investigate different best practices and value add to give the developers a reason to use the app. ...
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Ergonomics of computer code [closed]

Earlier I've asked similar question at StackOverflow and was ruthless downvoted. Yet I believe it to be absolutely viable and useful. At least for me as a software developer. There are many holy war ...
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Is there a definitive answer to the line length readability question in the context of programming code

Is there is any definitive research that attempts to answer what character counts make the most human readable line lengths for programming code (typically mono-spaced font, high liklihood of small ...
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How tech savvy a good UX Designer should be?

I am very new to UX and just trying to see whether I'm going to be a good fit to the field (obviously I'm going to find that out via hands on experience starting my internship next week). However if ...
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How to make tags in email template editor clear to all users?

I'm working on a web application where users (of an organization) can edit email templates. For example, one template would be used to confirm an appointment (that a client has made with the ...
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Saving a field as a preset

I have an entity (say, an event) the user needs to create periodically. In its attributes, the user needs to enter a range in a text field that is a technical specification (complex). The user will ...
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Best way to handle code wrapping on a narrow viewport [duplicate]

Note that this is not a duplicate of this question. I reviewed it before asking the question and the accepted answer is stated as unacceptable in the "Solutions that won't work" section below. My ...
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Enable users to add parameters to integration code mindfully

I'm trying to design a screen that will allow our customers to generate integration code (to integrate to our application). I would like to demonstrate to the customers that they can add additional ...
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How should text wrap in a code block?

I am working on an application where code will be shown on a mobile device. This gives us a constrained width as horizontal scrolling isn't a desired choice for code with long lines. So we have to ...
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