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@isaacs
isaacs / node-and-npm-in-30-seconds.sh
Last active June 18, 2024 18:27
Use one of these techniques to install node and npm without having to sudo. Discussed in more detail at http://joyeur.com/2010/12/10/installing-node-and-npm/ Note: npm >=0.3 is *safer* when using sudo.
echo 'export PATH=$HOME/local/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
. ~/.bashrc
mkdir ~/local
mkdir ~/node-latest-install
cd ~/node-latest-install
curl http://nodejs.org/dist/node-latest.tar.gz | tar xz --strip-components=1
./configure --prefix=~/local
make install # ok, fine, this step probably takes more than 30 seconds...
curl https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
@creationix
creationix / chatServer.js
Created November 19, 2010 20:47
A simple TCP based chat server written in node.js
// Load the TCP Library
net = require('net');
// Keep track of the chat clients
var clients = [];
// Start a TCP Server
net.createServer(function (socket) {
// Identify this client
@westonruter
westonruter / config.diff
Created February 27, 2011 20:48
Using colordiff for my svn diff command (set in ~/.subversion/config)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
### Set diff-cmd to the absolute path of your 'diff' program.
### This will override the compile-time default, which is to use
### Subversion's internal diff implementation.
-# diff-cmd = diff_program (diff, gdiff, etc.)
+diff-cmd = colordiff
### Set diff3-cmd to the absolute path of your 'diff3' program.
### This will override the compile-time default, which is to use
### Subversion's internal diff3 implementation.
@mtigas
mtigas / gist:952344
Last active June 20, 2024 11:22
Mini tutorial for configuring client-side SSL certificates.

Client-side SSL

For excessively paranoid client authentication.


Updated Apr 5 2019:

because this is a gist from 2011 that people stumble into and maybe you should AES instead of 3DES in the year of our lord 2019.

some other notes:

@lucasfais
lucasfais / gist:1207002
Created September 9, 2011 18:46
Sublime Text 2 - Useful Shortcuts

Sublime Text 2 – Useful Shortcuts (Mac OS X)

General

⌘T go to file
⌘⌃P go to project
⌘R go to methods
⌃G go to line
⌘KB toggle side bar
⌘⇧P command prompt
@cowboy
cowboy / tab-indent-rant.js
Created May 3, 2012 19:18
JavaScript: tab indents
// Coders, if your goal is to align foo and bar, using a <tab> character is
// incorrect. If your goal, however, is to create an additional level of
// indentation, then go you. Either way, with a tab size other than 4, this
// looks like shit.
var foo = 1,
bar = 2;
@domenic
domenic / promises.md
Last active March 31, 2024 14:07
You're Missing the Point of Promises

This article has been given a more permanent home on my blog. Also, since it was first written, the development of the Promises/A+ specification has made the original emphasis on Promises/A seem somewhat outdated.

You're Missing the Point of Promises

Promises are a software abstraction that makes working with asynchronous operations much more pleasant. In the most basic definition, your code will move from continuation-passing style:

getTweetsFor("domenic", function (err, results) {
 // the rest of your code goes here.
@dergachev
dergachev / GIF-Screencast-OSX.md
Last active June 5, 2024 22:16
OS X Screencast to animated GIF

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Screencapture GIF

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

Make it real

Ideas are cheap. Make a prototype, sketch a CLI session, draw a wireframe. Discuss around concrete examples, not hand-waving abstractions. Don't say you did something, provide a URL that proves it.

Ship it

Nothing is real until it's being used by a real user. This doesn't mean you make a prototype in the morning and blog about it in the evening. It means you find one person you believe your product will help and try to get them to use it.

Do it with style

@tedmiston
tedmiston / nodejs-tcp-example.js
Last active May 20, 2024 11:27
Node.js TCP client and server example
/*
In the node.js intro tutorial (http://nodejs.org/), they show a basic tcp
server, but for some reason omit a client connecting to it. I added an
example at the bottom.
Save the following server in example.js:
*/
var net = require('net');