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#!/bin/bash
set -o nounset -o errexit -o pipefail

# Retries a command a with backoff.
# Based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/8351489/376366
# and https://gist.github.com/fernandoacorreia/b4fa9ae88c67fa6759d271b743e96063
#
# The retry count is given by ATTEMPTS (default 7), the
# initial backoff timeout is given by TIMEOUT in seconds
# (default 1). With default settings, it will try for about 1 minute.

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Pry Cheat Sheet

• Youtube Tutorial 2013

Command Line

• pry -r ./config/app_init_file.rb - load your app into a pry session (look at the file loaded by config.ru)
• pry -r ./config/environment.rb - load your rails into a pry session

Debugger

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Using Git

Global Settings

Related Setup: https://gist.github.com/hofmannsven/6814278

Related Pro Tips: https://ochronus.com/git-tips-from-the-trenches/

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#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#/ Usage: <progname> [options]...
#/ How does this script make my life easier?
# ** Tip: use #/ lines to define the --help usage message.
$stderr.sync = true
require 'optparse'

# default options
flag    = false
option  = "default value"

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true and false vs. "truthy" and "falsey" (or "falsy") in Ruby, Python, and JavaScript

Many programming languages, including Ruby, have native boolean (true and false) data types. In Ruby they're called true and false. In Python, for example, they're written as True and False. But oftentimes we want to use a non-boolean value (integers, strings, arrays, etc.) in a boolean context (if statement, &&, ||, etc.).

This outlines how this works in Ruby, with some basic examples from Python and JavaScript, too. The idea is much more general than any of these specific languages, though. It's really a question of how the people designing a programming language wants booleans and conditionals to work.

If you want to use or share this material, please see the license file, below.

Update

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// URL for Jira's REST API for issues
var getIssueURL = "https://[Your Jira host]/rest/api/2/issue/";

// Personally I prefer the script to handle request failures, hence muteHTTPExceptions = true
var fetchArgs = {
  contentType: "application/json",
  headers: {"Authorization":"Basic [Your BASE64 Encoded user:pass]"},
  muteHttpExceptions : true
};