stettix

Things I believe

This is a collection of the things I believe about software development. I have worked for years building backend and data processing systems, so read the below within that context.

Agree? Disagree? Feel free to let me know at @JanStette. See also my blog at www.janvsmachine.net.

Fundamentals

Keep it simple, stupid. You ain't gonna need it.

andy-thomason

Genomics - A programmer's guide.

Andy Thomason is a Senior Programmer at Genomics PLC. He has been witing graphics systems, games and compilers since the '70s and specialises in code performance.

https://www.genomicsplc.com

joshuaslate

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { Field, reduxForm } from 'redux-form';
import moment from 'moment';
import DatePicker from 'react-datepicker';
import ReactQuill from 'react-quill';
import MaskedInput from 'react-maskedinput';

export const renderField = (field) => (
  <div>
    <input {...field.input} type={field.type} placeholder={field.placeholder} className="form-control" />

xuhdev

# see https://www.topbug.net/blog/2013/04/14/install-and-use-gnu-command-line-tools-in-mac-os-x/

# core
brew install coreutils

# key commands
brew install binutils
brew install diffutils
brew install ed --default-names
brew install findutils --with-default-names

SleepWalker

var touchstartX = 0;
var touchstartY = 0;
var touchendX = 0;
var touchendY = 0;

var gesuredZone = document.getElementById('gesuredZone');

gesuredZone.addEventListener('touchstart', function(event) {
    touchstartX = event.screenX;
    touchstartY = event.screenY;

staltz

The introduction to Reactive Programming you've been missing

(by @andrestaltz)

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This tutorial as a series of videos

If you prefer to watch video tutorials with live-coding, then check out this series I recorded with the same contents as in this article: Egghead.io - Introduction to Reactive Programming.

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sloria

The Best of the Best Practices (BOBP) Guide for Python

A "Best of the Best Practices" (BOBP) guide to developing in Python.

In General

Values

• "Build tools for others that you want to be built for you." - Kenneth Reitz
• "Simplicity is alway better than functionality." - Pieter Hintjens

willurd

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

Discussion on reddit.

Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

techtonik

# Public Domain, i.e. feel free to copy/paste
# Considered a hack in Python 2

import inspect

def caller_name(skip=2):
    """Get a name of a caller in the format module.class.method
    
       `skip` specifies how many levels of stack to skip while getting caller
       name. skip=1 means "who calls me", skip=2 "who calls my caller" etc.