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kennethreitz / 0_urllib2.py
Created May 16, 2011 00:17
urllib2 vs requests
#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import urllib2
gh_url = 'https://api.github.com'
req = urllib2.Request(gh_url)
password_manager = urllib2.HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm()
@dvessel
dvessel / README.mdown
Last active May 15, 2020 13:18
Sass+Compass, Guard, LiveReload

This will enable Sass+Compass with LiveReload through Guard. (Guard screen cast)

You will also need a browser component to communicate with LiveReload. (browser extension, livereload.js)

If you prefer going through a GUI, that option is available. The following instructions is specific to Mac OS X and it works through the command line.

Note that this is not specific to Rails projects. This can work for any standalone front-end project.

Instructions

@MohamedAlaa
MohamedAlaa / tmux-cheatsheet.markdown
Last active July 4, 2024 17:58
tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

start new:

tmux

start new with session name:

tmux new -s myname
@jamescasbon
jamescasbon / example.py
Created June 20, 2012 21:27
Tornado github API client
import tornado.ioloop
import tornado.web
import tornado.escape
import tornado.options
import tornado.httputil
import jinja2
import pyjade.compiler
import coffeescript
import markdown
@NickTomlin
NickTomlin / Recipes.md
Created October 4, 2012 17:02
Terminal Cheatsheet
@Integralist
Integralist / Description.md
Last active April 25, 2020 16:20
This is how BBC News currently implements it's Image Enhancer for responsive images. Note: this is a completely rebuilt version of the code so the BBC's original source code doesn't actually look anything like the below example.

The BBC has a server-side image service which provides developers with multiple sized versions of any image they request. It works in a similar fashion to http://placehold.it/ but it also handles the image ratios returned (where as placehold.it doesn't).

The original BBC News process (and my re-working of the script) follows roughly these steps...

  • Create new instance of ImageEnhancer
  • Change any divs within the page (which have a class of delayed-image-load) into a transparent GIF using a Base64 encoded string.
    • We set the width & height HTML attributes of the image to the required size
    • We know what size the image needs to be because each div has custom data-attr set server-side to the size of the image
    • We then set a class of image-replace onto each newly created transparent image
  • We use a 250ms setTimeout to unblock the UI thread and which calls a function resizeImages which enhances the image-replace images so their source is now set to a URL whe
@chriseppstein
chriseppstein / my_app_integration.rb
Created October 13, 2013 18:19
How to write your own application integration so that compass extensions can integrate with a custom application structure.
module MyAppIntegration
extend self
class Installer < Compass::Installers::ManifestInstaller
def completed_configuration
@completed_configuration ||= MyAppIntegration.configuration
end
# do special install stuff here
# like installing package manifests, etc.