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Hidden Features is a tag for questions that involve hidden features in a programming language/environment/tool.

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Hidden features of HTML

HTML being the most widely used language (at least as a markup language) has not gotten its due credit. Considering that it has been around for so many years, things like the FORM / INPUT controls have still remained same with no new controls…
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Hidden Features of Xcode 4

Now that Xcode 4 is officially released it's time for a follow up to my previous question: Hidden Features of Xcode So what are they? What are those hidden little Xcode 4 hints & tips that you can't live without? Please limit your tips to those that…
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Hidden Features of MySQL

I've been working with Microsoft SQL Server with many years now but have only just recently started to use MySQL with my web applications, and I'm hungry for knowledge. To continue with the long line of "hidden feature" questions, I would like to…
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Hidden features of Bash

Shell scripts are often used as glue, for automation and simple one-off tasks. What are some of your favorite "hidden" features of the Bash shell/scripting language? One feature per answer Give an example and short description of the feature, not…
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Hidden features of CSS

I have definitely picked up some useful tips in the hidden features style questions concerning PHP and XHTML. So here is one to cover CSS. While easy to pick up, it takes a little while to learn about everything, their default behaviors, properties…
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Hidden features of VBA

Which features of the VBA language are either poorly documented, or simply not often used?
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Hidden Features of F#

This is the unabashed attempt of a similar C# question. So what are your favorite F# hidden (or not) features? Most of the features I've used so far aren't exactly hidden but have been quite refreshing. Like how trivial it is to overload operators…
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Hidden Features of Erlang

In the spirit of: Hidden Features of C# Hidden Features of Java Hidden Features of ASP.NET Hidden Features of Python Hidden Features of HTML and other Hidden Features questions What are the hidden features of Erlang that every Erlang developer…
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Hidden features of Objective-C

Objective-C is getting wider use due to its use by Apple for Mac OS X and iPhone development. What are some of your favourite "hidden" features of the Objective-C language? One feature per answer. Give an example and short description of the…
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Hidden features of msbuild

I have an interest in msbuild this week. I'm cleaning up a lot of extremely complex build scripts. Digging in surprises me with how much it can do - msbuild is sort of a hidden feature of .NET programming in itself. In the SO convention that…
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