Cheat Sheets
July 19, 2010 7:02 AM Subscribe
All Cheat Sheets on One Page Cheat sheets for web designers, programmers, and people who just like cheat sheets.
Another, similar resource: http://cheat.errtheblog.com/ has a command-line client and an iPhone app.
posted by ivey at 7:07 AM on July 19, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by ivey at 7:07 AM on July 19, 2010 [2 favorites]
Pocket Ref is a whole book of cheat sheets.
posted by smackfu at 7:09 AM on July 19, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by smackfu at 7:09 AM on July 19, 2010 [1 favorite]
i was gonna go all WHOA WHOA WHOA on you but then i checked the link to Getting Started with Drupal and you need a login to get it. you can still view it via that horrid Scribd embed.
totally OT: am working on some tech sheets myself and i've come to the conclusion that unless am charging for it, this is the kind of thing that people ought to easily download or view w/o a login.
posted by liza at 7:15 AM on July 19, 2010
totally OT: am working on some tech sheets myself and i've come to the conclusion that unless am charging for it, this is the kind of thing that people ought to easily download or view w/o a login.
posted by liza at 7:15 AM on July 19, 2010
oh what an ass: i still love the site. THANKS! it really is helpful. just thought your post could use a little caveat that people need to register to some of those sites to get the downloads.
posted by liza at 7:18 AM on July 19, 2010
posted by liza at 7:18 AM on July 19, 2010
Cheater. That's not technically one page.
posted by monospace at 7:18 AM on July 19, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by monospace at 7:18 AM on July 19, 2010 [1 favorite]
A cheat sheet cheat sheet? TwelveTwo was right, we are living in recursive times.
posted by TwelveTwo at 7:35 AM on July 19, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by TwelveTwo at 7:35 AM on July 19, 2010 [2 favorites]
Not complete. It doesn't reveal the secret Metafilter key-combination to unlock the mod tools.
posted by blue_beetle at 7:52 AM on July 19, 2010
posted by blue_beetle at 7:52 AM on July 19, 2010
9
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90
Saved my ass in elementary school a few times.
posted by The Whelk at 8:03 AM on July 19, 2010 [4 favorites]
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Saved my ass in elementary school a few times.
posted by The Whelk at 8:03 AM on July 19, 2010 [4 favorites]
Nine was the easiest one! All you do is increment the digit in front while decrementing the digit in the back.
Don't get me started on seven though. 7 * 6 = 42? Who thought that up?
posted by griphus at 8:23 AM on July 19, 2010 [6 favorites]
Don't get me started on seven though. 7 * 6 = 42? Who thought that up?
posted by griphus at 8:23 AM on July 19, 2010 [6 favorites]
I know! I couldn't remember the tables in my head so I had to write out the 2, three, 5, and 9 tables on my paper and then work backward/foward from each to find the right answer.
Part of my grad tradition of taking the long way around things.
posted by The Whelk at 8:25 AM on July 19, 2010
Part of my grad tradition of taking the long way around things.
posted by The Whelk at 8:25 AM on July 19, 2010
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posted by The Whelk at 8:44 AM on July 19, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by The Whelk at 8:44 AM on July 19, 2010 [1 favorite]
Don't get me started on seven though. 7 * 6 = 42? Who thought that up?
7 * 8 = 56 was always the hardest for me.
(Multiplication with nines is actually a really fascinating lower level math topic. And a crude checksum can be done using the digit sums of numbers modulo 9. Or 3, for that matter, but 9 gives you a better check.)
posted by kmz at 8:50 AM on July 19, 2010
7 * 8 = 56 was always the hardest for me.
(Multiplication with nines is actually a really fascinating lower level math topic. And a crude checksum can be done using the digit sums of numbers modulo 9. Or 3, for that matter, but 9 gives you a better check.)
posted by kmz at 8:50 AM on July 19, 2010
Huh... I never knew Metafilter had shortcuts. Good to know for those Apple V. Droid threads in the future. Is there one for making the discourse polite?
posted by codacorolla at 8:53 AM on July 19, 2010
posted by codacorolla at 8:53 AM on July 19, 2010
Is there one for making the discourse polite?
Atl + F4 / Cmd + Q.
posted by kmz at 8:56 AM on July 19, 2010
Atl + F4 / Cmd + Q.
posted by kmz at 8:56 AM on July 19, 2010
7 * 8 = 56 was always the hardest for me.
56 = 7 x 8
might be a useful mnemonic.
posted by Deathalicious at 9:14 AM on July 19, 2010 [5 favorites]
56 = 7 x 8
might be a useful mnemonic.
posted by Deathalicious at 9:14 AM on July 19, 2010 [5 favorites]
Well, it hasn't been a problem for me for a while. ;) It was just the last of the basic multiplication table entries to gel in my mind.
But I'll keep the mnemonic in mind for teaching hypothetical future children.
posted by kmz at 9:29 AM on July 19, 2010
But I'll keep the mnemonic in mind for teaching hypothetical future children.
posted by kmz at 9:29 AM on July 19, 2010
I'll never understand why Americans insist on calling these things 'cheats', like it's somehow cheating to read anything.
posted by Lanark at 10:19 AM on July 19, 2010
posted by Lanark at 10:19 AM on July 19, 2010
I always have to remember 7 * 7 as "seven times seven slipped on slime and when it got up it was fourty-nine". And then I add/subtract to get to 7 * 6 and 7 * 8.
Or I just use a calculator.
posted by NoraReed at 10:26 AM on July 19, 2010
Or I just use a calculator.
posted by NoraReed at 10:26 AM on July 19, 2010
I'll never understand why Americans insist on calling these things 'cheats', like it's somehow cheating to read anything.
I'm about to overthink because I can't tell if your confusion is sincere: When you're taught to code in an academic environment -- at least when and where I learned programming -- you're not allowed to use references of any sort. Everything aspect you've learned (syntax, etc.) needs to be in your head and, to make sure you really learn it, you write the code out on paper. No hint-giving IDE, no nothin'. So, if you're going to cheat (this actually applies to any academic subject) you need to compress as much important data as possible into a small a space as you can.
posted by griphus at 10:26 AM on July 19, 2010
I'm about to overthink because I can't tell if your confusion is sincere: When you're taught to code in an academic environment -- at least when and where I learned programming -- you're not allowed to use references of any sort. Everything aspect you've learned (syntax, etc.) needs to be in your head and, to make sure you really learn it, you write the code out on paper. No hint-giving IDE, no nothin'. So, if you're going to cheat (this actually applies to any academic subject) you need to compress as much important data as possible into a small a space as you can.
posted by griphus at 10:26 AM on July 19, 2010
Oh god DZone sucks. Their mandatory registration to download demands a phone number.
posted by JHarris at 10:29 AM on July 19, 2010
posted by JHarris at 10:29 AM on July 19, 2010
They're called cheatsheets because they're similar in form to the sheets students try to sneak into tests to help them remember odd facts. Those sheets often end up containing the bare essential information of the field, which is generally what these things are.
posted by JHarris at 10:33 AM on July 19, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by JHarris at 10:33 AM on July 19, 2010 [1 favorite]
Everything aspect you've learned (syntax, etc.) needs to be in your head
What a waste of fucking time that was.
posted by smackfu at 11:14 AM on July 19, 2010
What a waste of fucking time that was.
posted by smackfu at 11:14 AM on July 19, 2010
Sneaky Americans like to feel sneaky.
"Shhh! I'm cheating because I'm reading something! *snikker!*
posted by Pecinpah at 11:33 AM on July 19, 2010
"Shhh! I'm cheating because I'm reading something! *snikker!*
posted by Pecinpah at 11:33 AM on July 19, 2010
Often in classes we'd be allowed to have a sheet of basic information, and would use the creation of such a thing as a study exercise. They were still called cheat sheets despite being officially sanctioned.
Go figure.
posted by codacorolla at 11:50 AM on July 19, 2010
Go figure.
posted by codacorolla at 11:50 AM on July 19, 2010
What a waste of fucking time that was.
You'd think my getting straight As on the projects and straight Cs on the exams would tip them off that perhaps testing students as if they're being trained to do punch-card programming (while demanding they do actual coding in type-in-the-first-two-letters-and-you're-good MS Visual Studio) isn't the best idea. I ended up transferring colleges and becoming a literature major. You robbed the world of a (possibly) half-decent programmer, Polytechnic University!
posted by griphus at 12:26 PM on July 19, 2010
You'd think my getting straight As on the projects and straight Cs on the exams would tip them off that perhaps testing students as if they're being trained to do punch-card programming (while demanding they do actual coding in type-in-the-first-two-letters-and-you're-good MS Visual Studio) isn't the best idea. I ended up transferring colleges and becoming a literature major. You robbed the world of a (possibly) half-decent programmer, Polytechnic University!
posted by griphus at 12:26 PM on July 19, 2010
Also: "Americans"?
posted by griphus - When I stumble across anything weird on the internet I always assume it must be American, this is Louis Theroux's fault!
posted by Lanark at 12:29 PM on July 19, 2010
posted by griphus - When I stumble across anything weird on the internet I always assume it must be American, this is Louis Theroux's fault!
posted by Lanark at 12:29 PM on July 19, 2010
the sheets students try to sneak into tests
Or take in with permission. I've had more than one class where you were allowed a single piece of paper, or a notecard, or something like that, as a compromise between expecting you to meaninglessly memorize formulas or notation and making it totally open book. But then I guess that's not "cheating," even if you do invest in a super-fine-point drafting pen.
posted by Kutsuwamushi at 1:43 PM on July 19, 2010
Or take in with permission. I've had more than one class where you were allowed a single piece of paper, or a notecard, or something like that, as a compromise between expecting you to meaninglessly memorize formulas or notation and making it totally open book. But then I guess that's not "cheating," even if you do invest in a super-fine-point drafting pen.
posted by Kutsuwamushi at 1:43 PM on July 19, 2010
I'll never understand why Americans insist on calling these things 'cheats', like it's somehow cheating to read anything.
"Shhh! I'm cheating because I'm reading something! *snikker!*
Only nerds know stuff. The rest of us have to cheat by reading.
Wait, you're not a nerd, are you?
/hamburger
posted by lekvar at 2:20 PM on July 19, 2010
"Shhh! I'm cheating because I'm reading something! *snikker!*
Only nerds know stuff. The rest of us have to cheat by reading.
Wait, you're not a nerd, are you?
/hamburger
posted by lekvar at 2:20 PM on July 19, 2010
You need help with multiplyin' those 7s? Here.
What amazed me after originally seeing/hearing those Schoolhouse Rock videos is that Bob Dorough, who sang most of them, including the one linked, was known as a JAZZ singer (and still is, alive and well and performing the Three song in every concert).
posted by oneswellfoop at 4:20 PM on July 19, 2010
What amazed me after originally seeing/hearing those Schoolhouse Rock videos is that Bob Dorough, who sang most of them, including the one linked, was known as a JAZZ singer (and still is, alive and well and performing the Three song in every concert).
posted by oneswellfoop at 4:20 PM on July 19, 2010
When you're taught to code in an academic environment -- at least when and where I learned programming -- you're not allowed to use references of any sort.
Wait, seriously? I'm a professional developer (well, I get paid to do software development, anyway. "Professional" makes the unjustified implication that I'm any good at it) and I wouldn't dream of trying to do any coding without Google open in the background and easy access to language documentation. Have people in these academic environments never heard of man pages?
posted by ZsigE at 5:13 PM on July 19, 2010
Wait, seriously? I'm a professional developer (well, I get paid to do software development, anyway. "Professional" makes the unjustified implication that I'm any good at it) and I wouldn't dream of trying to do any coding without Google open in the background and easy access to language documentation. Have people in these academic environments never heard of man pages?
posted by ZsigE at 5:13 PM on July 19, 2010
Have people in these academic environments never heard of man pages?
Crap. Just realized I misphrased that entirely. You're not allowed references during exams. Which are taken with pencil and paper.
posted by griphus at 8:13 PM on July 19, 2010
Crap. Just realized I misphrased that entirely. You're not allowed references during exams. Which are taken with pencil and paper.
posted by griphus at 8:13 PM on July 19, 2010
Ah, right, that makes at least a little more sense. Still very odd if you have to write in a specific language, though. I could understand it if they were testing your ability to come up with a sensible algorithm and told you that you could write in pseudocode or flowcharts, so long as the intention was clear - other than that, there seems no point at all in making you memorise stuff that you simply don't need to memorise in any practical application.
posted by ZsigE at 4:39 AM on July 20, 2010
posted by ZsigE at 4:39 AM on July 20, 2010
Like I said, it's a complete waste of time. It's not even just memorization: we would get marked off for syntax errors. In my job, where I get paid to develop code, Eclipse marks syntax errors as I type, and won't let me run the code with them. Syntax is effectively irrelevant.
posted by smackfu at 5:54 AM on July 20, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by smackfu at 5:54 AM on July 20, 2010 [1 favorite]
Yeah, don't get me started on the problems in that school's Computer Science major. There was no reason I needed to pass a differential equations class so I could take "upper" CS classes (there were only two "lower" classes: "Intro to CS" and "Intro to Algorithms.")
Not bitter. Not. Bitter.
posted by griphus at 9:41 AM on July 20, 2010
Not bitter. Not. Bitter.
posted by griphus at 9:41 AM on July 20, 2010
my experience during my electrical engineering degree was that the more advanced the course was the more hand-written notes one was permitted to take into a given exam. hell, in one of my last-year courses on power engineering the prof allowed anyone to bring in anything - textbooks, bags, newspapers, whatever. and the rationale is simple - if you've entered a final exam in a state of preparation where you still need help on methods and concepts (rather than simpler items that may be memorised) you're finished, and shouldn't have even bothered attending the exam (of course this is under the assumption that advanced courses are dominated by methods and concepts rather than memorisation).
(and perhaps this is a canadian thing but we called them crib sheets. i made some beautiful ones in my time, i regret not scanning some in after making them; but you know how it is after an exam, i wanted to burn everything).
i'm equally confident (as are others in the thread) that this applies to programming as well.
but multiplication tables? i sucked at them as a kid. my older sister forced me to practice them over summer holidays, to my undying gratitude. she was right - it's worth it.
posted by asymptotic at 6:21 AM on July 21, 2010
(and perhaps this is a canadian thing but we called them crib sheets. i made some beautiful ones in my time, i regret not scanning some in after making them; but you know how it is after an exam, i wanted to burn everything).
i'm equally confident (as are others in the thread) that this applies to programming as well.
but multiplication tables? i sucked at them as a kid. my older sister forced me to practice them over summer holidays, to my undying gratitude. she was right - it's worth it.
posted by asymptotic at 6:21 AM on July 21, 2010
Similarly, we basically just stopped having exams at a certain level of class, and just had final projects.
posted by smackfu at 8:20 AM on July 21, 2010
posted by smackfu at 8:20 AM on July 21, 2010
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