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Is there a method to programmatically clear browser cache in JavaScript?

No.

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9:30 am / 6th January 2012 / javascript, programming, webdevelopment, quora

Does one still need to learn C/C++ if one just wants to build web applications?

No—you don’t need any knowledge of C or C++ to get started building web apps—I know plenty of extremely smart and talented web developers who have never written a line of production C in their while careers.

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9:42 am / 24th December 2011 / programming, webdevelopment, quora

Can someone improve their knowledge of programming in Ruby or PHP by using a framework like Rails or Zend, or does the framework just do a lot of the work for you without giving you an opportunity to learn from it?

Read the source, luke.

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1:04 pm / 4th December 2011 / php, programming, rails, webdevelopment, quora

What is the best way to maintain a API wrapper class across multiple languages?

1. Use JSON for your API. That takes away a lot of the necessity for an API wrapper, since it means you’re automatically returning native data types (hashes, lists, strings etc) for most programming languages.

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9:17 am / 25th October 2010 / apis, programming, webdevelopment, quora

What companies are using Node.js in production in Texas?

There’s a list on this page: https://github.com/joyent/node/w...

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12:15 pm / 13th October 2010 / javascript, nodejs, programming, webdevelopment, quora, softwarearchitecture

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