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isaacs / comma-first-var.js
Created April 6, 2010 19:24
A better coding convention for lists and object literals in JavaScript
// See comments below.
// This code sample and justification brought to you by
// Isaac Z. Schlueter, aka isaacs
// standard style
var a = "ape",
b = "bat",
c = "cat",
d = "dog",
@isaacs
isaacs / node-and-npm-in-30-seconds.sh
Last active March 8, 2024 02:11
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
@eins78
eins78 / DisableAdobeUpdates.command
Created September 28, 2010 19:15
Disable updates from Adobe on Mac OS X
echo "................................................................................" &&
echo "Hi! This will update 2 .plist files to disable Adobe Updates as recommended by" &&
echo "Adobe on http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/408/kb408711.html" &&
echo "and http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/404/kb404813.html." &&
echo "Therefore you have to enter your password here. Open this file in TextEdit to see for yourself if you don't trust me." &&
echo "................................................................................" &&
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.adobe.AdobeUpdater.Admin 'Disable.Update' -bool 'YES' &&
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.adobe.CSXSPreferences 'UpdatesAllowed' -string '0' &&
echo "Settings updated. Reboot and have fun."
echo "................................................................................"
@bluegraybox
bluegraybox / wizard.sh
Created August 31, 2011 21:49
Framework for shell script wizard.
#!/bin/bash
# Interactive wizard to walk the user through a process.
# Tracks steps completed; allows user to exit at any point and pick back up there.
function step1 () {
read -p "step 1 ok, $1? " ok
}
function step2 () {
@pajp
pajp / README
Created November 20, 2011 18:44
Encode mkv files to Apple TV format and add them to iTunes
# Moved here: https://github.com/pajp/add-to-itunes
@gipi
gipi / roundcube
Created December 28, 2011 10:49
ROUNDCUBE: Init script for PHP CGI and nginx configuration file.
#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: php-cgi
# Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Make available a cgi for nginx
# Description: primarly is used for the wordpress installation
### END INIT INFO
@bdha
bdha / vbox_to_kvm.txt
Created March 1, 2012 04:04
Migrating from VirtualBox to KVM on ZFS
# It's important to convert the vbox image (VMDK or VDI or whatever) using
# the same version of VirtualBox that created it. You can try converting the image
# with qemu-img or kvm-img, but weird version mismatches will possibly make it not
# work.
# On your VirtualBox machine:
cd $VBOX_ROOT/$MACHINE_ROOT/
VBoxManage clonehd machine.vmdk machine.img --format RAW
scp machine.img root@kvm-host:/somewhere

These instructions work for the Raspberry Pi running Raspbian (hard float) and create a hardware optimized version of NodeJS for the Raspberry PI, (and include a working install and NPM!!!):

  1. Install Raspbian - http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads

  2. Install the necessary dependecies:

sudo apt-get install git-core build-essential

(If you just installed git then you need to administer your git identity first, else adding the patches below will fail!!!)

@jed
jed / rendering_templates_obsolete.md
Created October 19, 2012 05:07
Rendering templates obsolete

(tl;dr DOM builders like [domo][domo] trump HTML templates on the client.)

Like all web developers, I've used a lot of template engines. Like most, I've also written a few of them, some of which even [fit in a tweet][140].

The first open-source code I ever wrote was also one of the the first template engines for node.js, [a port][node-tmpl] of the mother of all JavaScript template engines, [John Resig][jresig]'s [micro-templates][tmpl]. Of course, these days you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a template engine; one in eight packages on npm ([2,220][npm templates] of 16,226 as of 10/19) involve templates.

John's implementation has since evolved and [lives on in Underscore.js][underscore], which means it's the default choice for templating in Backbone.js. And for a while, it's all I would ever use when building a client-side app.

But I can't really see the value in client-side HTML templates anymore.

@chrismdp
chrismdp / s3.sh
Last active March 5, 2024 12:57
Uploading to S3 in 18 lines of Shell (used to upload builds for http://soltrader.net)
# You don't need Fog in Ruby or some other library to upload to S3 -- shell works perfectly fine
# This is how I upload my new Sol Trader builds (http://soltrader.net)
# Based on a modified script from here: http://tmont.com/blargh/2014/1/uploading-to-s3-in-bash
S3KEY="my aws key"
S3SECRET="my aws secret" # pass these in
function putS3
{
path=$1