Ellzord

I designed and prototyped an artificial life framework for simulation (or games) in Java 8. When I was happy with what I had made and how it could be used the first thing I thought about was making it open source. Actually getting to the point where anyone can use or contribute to it was a right nightmare (had no doc at all)!

I think my open source framework would be really useful to students or to anyone going open source. Here is why:

• JALSE is on GitHub: this means you really have to learn git (I'd like to know why any new project wouldn't use git). Source control systems seem like a unnecessary thing when you're working solo but as a team its 101. GitHub makes it easy by having everything visually available to you (and it's pretty). JALSE GitHub
• JALSE is built by gradle: It really doesn't matter what you use to build as long as it makes your life easier (and for me that's gradle). It's clean and easy to read what's happening and it's the best parts of Ant,

wp-kitten

<?php
/**
* WordPress Query Comprehensive Reference
* Compiled by luetkemj - luetkemj.com
*
* CODEX: http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query
* Source: http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/3.3.1/wp-includes/query.php
*/
 
$args = array( 

wp-kitten

<?php
/*
 * Add this code to your theme's functions.php file
 */
 
// Theme activation
add_action("after_switch_theme", "theme_activated");
function theme_activation_hook(){
    error_log('theme activated');
}

max-mapper

JavaScript function hoisting by example

Below are many examples of function hoisting behavior in JavaScript. Ones marked as works successfuly print 'hi!' without errors.

To play around with these examples (recommended) clone them with git and execute them with e.g. node a.js

Notes on hoisting

(I may be using incorrect terms below, please forgive me)

tan3

#
# browserweiche 
#

[browser = msie] AND [version = <8]
  page.includeCSS.iehacks = fileadmin/templates/css/patches/iehacks.css
[global]


#

adamwiggins

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

cookrn

Couldn't find the text of this for a while...

• Original (404'ed) -- https://plus.google.com/115094562986465477143/posts/Di6RwCNKCrf
• Fakeout -- http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/ryan_dahl_i_hate_almost_all_software.html
• Repost -- https://plus.google.com/116904230181415286707/posts/DnAMAN5sUR8

bhumphrey

git checkout <branch>
git fetch <other-fork-alias>
git cherry-pick <commit-hash>
git push <your-fork-alias>

Snugug

What if controlling your media queries was as easy as adding on to a Sass list? What if I told you it now is?

This snippet comes from a modified version of mixins in the Aura Responsive Framework and came from me hijacking the respond-to mixin namespace but still wanting to use it for custom media queries. It's a little ugly and requires Sass 3.2+ (for now, (sudo) gem install sass --pre), but it works a charm.

There are two fairly mundane caveats to this method. First, every media query needs to be named. Second, every media query needs a size and assumes min-width and screen. If you want to change min-width, simply add your operator as another option, but if you want to change screen, you need to also include your operator even if you want it to be min-width.

Also, I haven't built in warnings yet for when you do bad things, so bear that in mind.

Without further adue, tada.

luetkemj

// This gist is now maintained on github at https://github.com/luetkemj/wp-query-ref

<?php
/**
* WordPress Query Comprehensive Reference
* Compiled by luetkemj - luetkemj.github.io
*
* CODEX: http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Parameters
* Source: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/4.9.4/src/wp-includes/query.php
*/