falexandrou

/**
 * When browser supports inline pdfs
 * There is no need to append a large jquery plugin that displays them inline.
 * 
 * You can actually use an iframe (and style it appropriately)
 * or a link whenever inline PDF viewing is not supported
 * 
 * This function is fairly simple and it's only for demo purposes
 */
function appendPdf(id, url) {

apetro

GitHub as a Wiki

Note: this is a reasonably faithful verbatim transcript of a live conference lightning talk, not a re-worked blog format presentation of this content.

Links:

• [Slides][]
• [YouTube recording of presentation][]
• [Lanyrd entry][]

lsloan

This is a list of tips for the Vim editor

eedrummer

require 'mongo'
require 'ap'

include Mongo

# Create a connection to a local MongdDB Instance
db = Connection.new.db('underscore-demo')

# Read and eval Underscore.js
underscore = File.read('underscore-min.js')

mfilej

tell application "Finder"
  open item "System:Library:Input Methods:CharacterPalette.app" of the startup disk
end tell

al3xandru

on run {input, parameters}
	tell application "Finder"
		set sel to selection
		if (count sel) > 0 then
			set myTarget to item 1 of sel
		else if (count window) > 0 then
			set myTarget to target of window 1
		else
			set myTarget to path to home folder
		end if

rca

#!/usr/bin/env python
import SimpleHTTPServer

class MyHTTPRequestHandler(SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
    def end_headers(self):
        self.send_my_headers()

        SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.end_headers(self)

    def send_my_headers(self):

lsloan

Composer Notebook

1. Ignoring the cache: Composer doesn't have an option to make it ignore its cache while running a command. The Composer developers do not believe this is an important feature and they refused an issue opened to request it. However, it can be helpful for debugging dependency installation. To make a single Composer command (e.g., composer update) ignore the cache, use one of the following:

   1. This version generates innocuous, ignorable errors about the cache directory:

      COMPOSER_CACHE_DIR=/dev/null composer update

cclauss

# Play a blues melody on Pythonista on the iPad (iOS)
import sound
import time

def playNotes(inNotes, inWithEmphisis=False):
	for note in inNotes:
	  sound.play_effect('Piano_' + note)
	  if (inWithEmphisis):
	  	time.sleep(0.25)
	  	sound.play_effect('Piano_' + note)

omz

# Demo of how to generate a list of prime numbers and cache them
# in a data file for fast access (using the marshal module).

def gen_primes(n):
	# Source: http://code.activestate.com/recipes/366178-a-fast-prime-number-list-generator/#c19
	s = range(0, n+1)
	s[1] = 0
	bottom = 2
	top = n // bottom
	while (bottom * bottom <= n):