gf3

// Truncate a string to the closest word
String.prototype.truncateToWord = function( length ) {
  return this
    .slice( 0, length + 1 )
    .split( /\s+/ )
    .slice( 0, -1 )
    .join( " " )
}

// Examples

mikeal

Using CouchDB with node.js

First, get yourself a CouchDB! You can get a free hosted CouchDB in seconds or download a binary from the Couchio downloads page.

Next, install npm because all awesome node packages are in npm :)

Node has better support for HTTP than any language I've ever worked with and coincidentally CouchDB's interface is solely accessible via HTTP. First, let's just talk to CouchDB using an HTTP library and later we'll look at some higher level abstractions.

Talking to CouchDB using request

joemccann

The idea is to have nginx installed and node installed. I will extend this gist to include how to install those as well, but at the moment, the following assumes you have nginx 0.7.62 and node 0.2.3 installed on a Linux distro (I used Ubuntu).

In a nutshell,

1. nginx is used to serve static files (css, js, images, etc.)
2. node serves all the "dynamic" stuff.

So for example, www.foo.com request comes and your css, js, and images get served thru nginx while everything else (the request for say index.html or "/") gets served through node.

3. nginx listens on port 80.

gf3

#!/usr/bin/env zsh
# git-feature
# Written by: Gianni Chiappetta <gianni@runlevel6.org>
# Requires: git 1.7.5+, zsh 4.3.11+
# Screenshot: http://cloud.gf3.ca/6TPb

function c_list { echo  "  \033[1;32m✔\033[0m $1"; }

function e_list { echo  "  \033[1;31m✖\033[0m $1"; }

fhemberger

##Using libuv and http-parser to build a webserver Ryan Dahl, @ryah
http://vimeo.com/24713213
Source, Part I: http://t.co/utoIM93
Source, Part II: http://bit.ly/iBgnIA

##Node.js on windows Bert Belder
http://2bs.nl/nodecamp.pdf

ded

var express = require('express')
  , app = express.createServer()

require('./config/routes').initialize(app)

madrobby

# before this file is loaded, a locale should be set:
# 
# In a browser environment, you can use:
# ```<script>__locale='en';</script>```
#
# In a server environment (specifically node.js):
# ```global.__locale = 'en';```

# normalize in-app locale string to "en" or "de-AT"
parts = @__locale.split('-')

indexzero

npmcount output for groups of node.js thought leaders

• Nodejitsu
• Browserling
• LearnBoost
• Node.js Core team

This list has been computed using a silly tool I developed on a lark called npmcount:

• Search npm for packages belonging to a set of users.

jlong

var parser = document.createElement('a');
parser.href = "http://example.com:3000/pathname/?search=test#hash";

parser.protocol; // => "http:"
parser.hostname; // => "example.com"
parser.port;     // => "3000"
parser.pathname; // => "/pathname/"
parser.search;   // => "?search=test"
parser.hash;     // => "#hash"
parser.host;     // => "example.com:3000"

mikeal

JSON._dateReviver = function (k,v) {
  if (v.length !== 24 || typeof v !== 'string') return v
  try {return new Date(v)} 
  catch(e) {return v}
}

JSON.parseWithDates = function (obj) {
  return JSON.parse(obj, JSON._dateReviver);
}