terminal
Testing an API without ever opening a browser is a daily habit for developers, thanks to one do-everything command-line tool.
curl is a command-line tool that sends HTTP requests directly from the terminal, letting developers call APIs, download files, and test web endpoints without ever opening a browser. Because it can be scripted and automated so easily, it became the default way developers interact with web services during development and debugging, which is exactly why most API documentation writes its example requests as curl commands.
'surf' and 'dive' are playful, unrelated words chosen only to rhyme with the real tool's name; neither is an actual command-line utility for this purpose.
curl has existed for decades and is bundled into nearly every operating system by default, making it one of the most universally available tools any developer can rely on being present on almost any machine they log into.
terminal
Why do experts warn against the 'chmod 777' fix that internet guides love?Used with a process number, it is?Type a few letters, then press which key to autocomplete the rest?Which command opens the official manual?What's the simplest way?What does the asterisk (*) do?Which symbol does that?Which one is it?What does a program like brew (Homebrew) actually do?What's the actual way to quit the terminal editor vim without saving?'Run the backup script at 3 a.m. every day' — which venerable Linux scheduler has handled jobs like this for decades?Which environment variable holds the list of folders the computer searches for commands?Quration — Quration AIQ