Knowing How To Google Is Important. Do You Know How To Do It?
Google is the best friend of every developer. Let’s use it to boost productivity
Knowing how to google is the most important skill for a developer. Everyone uses Google — junior developers, mid, or senior. It’s not cheating to google everything! But do you really know how to google efficiently? Let me show you some google hacks.
Explicit Phrase
Search for an explicit phrase by enclosing it in quotation marks.
Site Search
Refine your search to a specific site using the site: command. For example, typing “site:stackoverflow.com” will search only on Stack Overflow.
Multiple Words
Search for multiple words using a plus sign.
Exclude a Word
The minus sign allows you to specify words that that shouldn’t show up in your results.
Related Words
The tilde operator (~) searches for related words, not just the word you type.
Wildcard
The asterisk (*) is a wildcard. That means it can match any word! Combine it with the explicit search for awesome results.
Time Range
A lot of answers on the internet are outdated. Use a time range operator to narrow the scope.
File Type
Narrow the scope of your search to a specific filetype. If you use the operator filetype:pdf you will get only PDF results!
Advanced Search
You can combine all of the above methods in Google advanced search.
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