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@anantn
anantn / firebase_detect_data.js
Created December 18, 2012 00:54
Firebase: Detecting if data exists. This snippet detects if a user ID is already taken
function go() {
var userId = prompt('Username?', 'Guest');
checkIfUserExists(userId);
}
var USERS_LOCATION = 'https://SampleChat.firebaseIO-demo.com/users';
function userExistsCallback(userId, exists) {
if (exists) {
alert('user ' + userId + ' exists!');
@ndarville
ndarville / business-models.md
Last active January 13, 2024 17:27
Business models based on the compiled list at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4924647. I find the link very hard to browse, so I made a simple version in Markdown instead.

Business Models

Advertising

Models Examples
Display ads Yahoo!
Search ads Google
@jkresner
jkresner / Global.asax
Created October 30, 2012 20:20
Asp .net Mvc 4 Proxy Server/Controller (For help with Cross Domain Request)
public class WebApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
{
protected void Application_Start()
{
RouteTable.Routes.MapRoute("HttpProxy", "proxy/{*path}", new { controller = "Proxy", action = "Http" })
}
}
@jpravetz
jpravetz / product_generator.rb
Created December 2, 2011 21:24
Jekyll generator to read json data file and generate product and ingredient pages
#------------------------------------------------------------------------
# encoding: utf-8
# @(#)product_generator.rb 1.00 29-Nov-2011 16:38
#
# Copyright (c) 2011 Jim Pravetz. All Rights Reserved.
# Licensed under the MIT license (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
#
# Description: A generator that creates product, products and
# ingredients pages for jekyll sites. Uses a JSON data
# file as the database file from which to read and
@fwielstra
fwielstra / api.js
Created June 14, 2011 14:46
An example NodeJS / Mongoose / Express application based on their respective tutorials
/* The API controller
Exports 3 methods:
* post - Creates a new thread
* list - Returns a list of threads
* show - Displays a thread and its posts
*/
var Thread = require('../models/thread.js');
var Post = require('../models/post.js');
@ryanflorence
ryanflorence / static_server.js
Last active March 13, 2024 08:05
Node.JS static file web server. Put it in your path to fire up servers in any directory, takes an optional port argument.
var http = require("http"),
url = require("url"),
path = require("path"),
fs = require("fs")
port = process.argv[2] || 8888;
http.createServer(function(request, response) {
var uri = url.parse(request.url).pathname
, filename = path.join(process.cwd(), uri);