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@glennblock
glennblock / fork forced sync
Created March 4, 2012 19:27
Force your forked repo to be the same as upstream.
git fetch upstream
git reset --hard upstream/master
{
"directory": "components"
}
@joyrexus
joyrexus / README.md
Last active August 21, 2023 16:59
Node.js streams demystified

A quick overview of the node.js streams interface with basic examples.

This is based on @brycebaril's presentation, Node.js Streams2 Demystified

Overview

Streams are a first-class construct in Node.js for handling data.

Think of them as as lazy evaluation applied to data.

@domenic
domenic / portable-node.md
Created May 25, 2012 21:03
Tips for Writing Portable Node.js Code

Node.js core does its best to treat every platform equally. Even if most Node developers use OS X day to day, some use Windows, and most everyone deploys to Linux or Solaris. So it's important to keep your code portable between platforms, whether you're writing a library or an application.

Predictably, most cross-platform issues come from Windows. Things just work differently there! But if you're careful, and follow some simple best practices, your code can run just as well on Windows systems.

Paths and URLs

On Windows, paths are constructed with backslashes instead of forward slashes. So if you do your directory manipulation

@simoncoulton
simoncoulton / gitkeep
Created January 8, 2014 05:42
Create empty gitkeep files in directories that are empty
find . -type d -empty -exec touch {}/.gitkeep \;
@Vinai
Vinai / fix-url-keys.php
Last active September 2, 2022 16:24
This fixes the duplicate url_key issue in a Magento 1.8 / 1.13 installation.
<?php
/**
* Drop this into the shell directory in the Magento root and run with -h to see all options.
*/
require_once 'abstract.php';
/**
* Fix duplicate url keys for categories and products to work with the 1.8 alpha1 CE url key constraints.
// to compile (using mingw-w64)
// g++ this_filename.c -lole32
// outputs current system volume (out of 0-100) to stdout, ex: output "23"
// mostly gleaned from examples here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd370839(v=vs.85).aspx
// download a compiled version here:
// https://sourceforge.net/projects/mplayer-edl/files/adjust_get_current_system_volume_vista_plus.exe.exe (updated, can set it too now!)
#include <windows.h>
#include <commctrl.h>
#include <mmdeviceapi.h>
#include <endpointvolume.h>
@ericchen
ericchen / gist:3081970
Created July 10, 2012 08:11
nodejs AES encrypt and decrypt
var crypto = require('crypto');
var AESCrypt = {};
AESCrypt.decrypt = function(cryptkey, iv, encryptdata) {
encryptdata = new Buffer(encryptdata, 'base64').toString('binary');
var decipher = crypto.createDecipheriv('aes-256-cbc', cryptkey, iv),
decoded = decipher.update(encryptdata);
@pekhee
pekhee / connection.php
Created April 5, 2014 23:56
Setup database connection for Eloquent outside of Laravel.
<?php // Namespace DB;
use Illuminate\Database\Capsule\Manager as Capsule;
class Connection {
public function __construct()
{
$this->capsule = new Capsule;
// Same as database configuration file of Laravel.
@msurguy
msurguy / eloquent.md
Last active February 8, 2022 03:13
Laravel 4 Eloquent Cheat Sheet.

Conventions:

Defining Eloquent model (will assume that DB table named is set as plural of class name and primary key named "id"):

class Shop extends Eloquent {}

Using custom table name

protected $table = 'my_shops';