Groww may pip Zerodha in active user count; ETSA 2023 winner Gameberry Labs on its bootstrap journey

Talk about a growth story! Online stock broking platform Groww is all set to pip market leader Zerodha in terms of active investors next month. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch. The stock broking world could see a new leader next month as Groww gets set to upend Zerodha from its leadership perch. […]

How to Fix XAMPP Error “Apache Shutdown unexpectedly”

Technical errors are rarely a welcome sight, especially if they interrupt your workflow. If you’re using XAMPP for local development, you might have run into a particularly confusing message that reads, “XAMPP error Apache Shutdown Unexpectedly”. Finding a way to quickly resolve this vague issue so you can get back to work can be frustrating. […]

jQuery Updater

This plugin updates jQuery to the latest official stable version, which is most likely not available within the latest stable release of WordPress. jQuery Migrate is also included for backwards compatibility. No files are replaced, therefore deactivation of this plugin returns your site to it`s original state. Since WordPress 5.6 includes an up-to-date version of […]

Workout Tracker Created with React

While attending the second phase of my coding bootcamp, I was introduced to React so when it came time to put my skills to work, I took the opportunity to build an application to track bike rides. I grew up riding my bike and I’ve been an avid user of Strava for almost a decade. […]

How to use structural pattern matching in Python

Python, for all its power and popularity, has long lacked a form of flow control found in other languages, a way to take a value and match it elegantly against one of a number of possible conditions. In C and C++, it’s the switch/case construction; in Rust, it’s called “pattern matching.” The traditional ways to […]

WordPress plugin ‘Gravity Forms’ vulnerable to PHP object injection

The premium WordPress plugin ‘Gravity Forms,’ currently used by over 930,000 websites, is vulnerable to unauthenticated PHP Object Injection. Gravity Forms is a custom form builder website owners use for creating payment, registration, file upload, or any other form required for visitor-site interactions or transactions.On its website, Gravity Forms claims it is used by a […]

Node.js upgrade adds environment variable config

Node.js 20.6.0, the latest version of the asynchronous, event-driven JavaScript runtime, includes built-in env. file support for configuring environment variables. The update, cited as the “current” version of Node.js and announced September 4, can be downloaded from the project website. With env., Node.js proponents said the configuration file should follow the INI file format, with […]

Oracle adds machine learning features to MySQL HeatWave

In addition to updating MySQL HeatWave’s AutoML and Autopilot, Oracle will now offer a small shape for the service, targeting customers with smaller volumes of data. Oracle is adding new machine learning features to its data analytics cloud service MySQL HeatWave. MySQL HeatWave combines OLAP (online analytical processing), OLTP (online transaction processing), machine learning, and […]

What’s New in Laravel 10: A Deep Dive Into the Latest Updates and Features

After over a decade since the introduction of the wildly popular Laravel framework, have you ever wondered, “What else can Laravel offer PHP developers?” Given how much it has already simplified PHP development for both beginner and professional developers, some may even argue that it has spoiled developers into believing that PHP is the easiest […]

TypeScript 5.3 adds support for import attributes

ECMAScript import attributes will support additional types of modules in a common way across JavaScript environments, starting with JSON modules. TypeScript 5.3, an upgrade to Microsoft’s strongly typed JavaScript variant now in beta, is set to support updates to an import attributes proposal for ECMAScript modules.The ECMA standards proposal features an inline syntax for module […]