isaacs

// See comments below.

// This code sample and justification brought to you by
// Isaac Z. Schlueter, aka isaacs

// standard style
var a = "ape",
  b = "bat",
  c = "cat",
  d = "dog",

christopherdebeer

app.get('/', function(req, res){

    var ua = req.header('user-agent');
    if(/mobile/i.test(ua)) {
        res.render('mobile.html');
    } else {
        res.render('desktop.html');
    }
});

gudbergur

This is a fork of Bootstrap Typeahead that adds minimal but powerful extensions.

For example, process typeahead list asynchronously and return objects

  # This example does an AJAX lookup and is in CoffeeScript
  $('.typeahead').typeahead(
    # source can be a function
    source: (typeahead, query) ->
 # this function receives the typeahead object and the query string

nijikokun

  var user = {
    validateCredentials: function (username, password) {
      return (
          (!(username += '') || username === '') ? { error: "No Username Given.", field: 'name' }
        : (!(username += '') || password === '') ? { error: "No Password Given.", field: 'pass' }
        : (username.length < 3)                  ? { error: "Username is less than 3 Characters.", field: 'name' }
        : (password.length < 4)                  ? { error: "Password is less than 4 Characters.", field: 'pass' }
        : (!/^([a-z0-9_-]+)$/i.test(username))   ? { error: "Username contains invalid characters.", field: 'name' }
        : false
      );

tbranyen

/*!
 * backbone.collectioncache.js v0.0.2
 * Copyright 2012, Tim Branyen (@tbranyen)
 * backbone.collectioncache.js may be freely distributed under the MIT license.
 */
(function(window) {

"use strict";

// Dependencies

aheckmann

var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var Schema = mongoose.Schema;
var assert = require('assert')

console.log('\n===========');
console.log('    mongoose version: %s', mongoose.version);
console.log('========\n\n');

mongoose.connect('localhost', 'testing_1088');
mongoose.connection.on('error', function () {

domenic

This article has been given a more permanent home on my blog. Also, since it was first written, the development of the Promises/A+ specification has made the original emphasis on Promises/A seem somewhat outdated.

You're Missing the Point of Promises

Promises are a software abstraction that makes working with asynchronous operations much more pleasant. In the most basic definition, your code will move from continuation-passing style:

getTweetsFor("domenic", function (err, results) {
 // the rest of your code goes here.

cjohansen

tl;dr

If you must nest functions in a way that requires access to multiple this', alias outer this to something meaningful - describe the value it's holding. Treat this as the invisible first argument.

In general though, avoiding the situation (nested functions and frivolous use of this) will frequently produce clearer results.

Naming this in nested functions

I was accidentally included in a discussion on how to best name this in nested functions in JavaScript. +1's were given to this suggestion of using _this.

Giving style advice on naming nested this without a meaningful context isn't too helpful in my opinion. Examples below have been altered to have at least some context, although a completely contrived and stupid one.

CatTail

// encode(decode) html text into html entity
var decodeHtmlEntity = function(str) {
  return str.replace(/&#(\d+);/g, function(match, dec) {
    return String.fromCharCode(dec);
  });
};

var encodeHtmlEntity = function(str) {
  var buf = [];
  for (var i=str.length-1;i>=0;i--) {

jhs

// Short module explanation             // Something to gather my thoughts
//                                      // I think this looks cool.
                                        //
module.exports = the_exported_function  // Modules are a function. Always.
                                        //
module.exports.extra = extra            // Additional API entry points if
module.exports.other = other            // desired.
                                        //
var util = require('util')              // Other packages from npm or core
var assert = require('assert')          // No comma-first due to lots of