Googling is one of the most important skills for every developer.
Let me show you how to get better at Googling.
Let's start!
1 . Use quotes to force an exact-match search:
"what is javascript"
2 . AND operator will return only results related to both terms:
html AND css
3 . You can use the OR operator to get the results related to one of the search terms
(javascript OR python) free course
4 . - operator will exclude results that contain a term or phrase:
javascript -css
5 . You can use the (*) wildcards as placeholders, which will be replaced by any word or phrase.
"how to start * in 6 months"
6 . Search inside a single website:
site:freecodecamp.org
7 . You can also use a very useful feature that helps to find a specific file type.
filetype:pdf learn css
8 . Search for a range of numbers:
ecmascript 2016..2018
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Oldest comments (55)
Very helpful, thanks.
My pleasure!
Thank you so much!!
Glad you like it. Enjoy!
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Thanks for this.
My pleasure. Thanks for reading.
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thanks for the links
Really useful
Thanks a lot!
Thanks for a useful post.
No worries. It's a pleasure.
Nice one!
Wow, really impressive!
Thank you so much for your brilliant tips.
That's helpful. Thanks
Nice
In addition,
You can use
|in place ofOR. e.gJavaScript | HTMLThe
extis also a substitute forfiletypeLimit search to a domain e.g
.com,.edu,.orge.t.cYou can go really weird by combining operators and search terms that will perform a pinpoint search.
JavaScript|HTML|CSS filetype:pdf -"framework" site:eduWhen I have the time, I'll write a more comprehensive post about Google searching.
|isORoperationThanks for the correction. I updated my comment.
Will try to make a good Anki deck with all these tips, make it easy to everyone to study this.
Impressive, thanks!
When you are setting up a new site, beware of any public accessible file that could be index by google.
In the past, that is how hackers are able to retrieve password files.
The google search is a double edge sword.
Keep in mind that the
-for exclusion can really bite you when you look for linux commands including flags (eg.ls -a) because you'll end up with all the pages that do NOT contain the flag you were looking for... 😂 A personal facepalm moment.You can work around it and search for
"ls -la". :DThat's true. I just didn't realize that when it happened the first time around. After things became clear, I was laughing like a maniac XD
Good post!
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