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written, the development of the Promises/A+ specification has made the original emphasis on Promises/A seem somewhat outdated.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.

jfsiii

var chunkedUrl = 'https://jigsaw.w3.org/HTTP/ChunkedScript';
fetch(chunkedUrl)
  .then(processChunkedResponse)
  .then(onChunkedResponseComplete)
  .catch(onChunkedResponseError)
  ;

function onChunkedResponseComplete(result) {
  console.log('all done!', result)
}

wesbos

{
  "keys": ["tab"], 
  "command": "expand_abbreviation_by_tab", 

  // put comma-separated syntax selectors for which 
  // you want to expandEmmet abbreviations into "operand" key 
  // instead of SCOPE_SELECTOR.
  // Examples: source.js, text.html - source
  "context": [
    {

anttilipp

#
# Hi all,
# this is the Python code I used to make the visualization "Temperature circle"
# (https://twitter.com/anttilip/status/892318734244884480).
# Please be aware that originally I wrote this for my tests only so the
# code was not ment to be published and is a mess and has no comments.
# Feel free to improve, modify, do whatever you want with it. If you decide
# to use the code, make an improved version of it, or it is useful for you
# in some another way I would be happy to know about it. You can contact me
# for example in Twitter (@anttilip). Unchecked demo data (no quarantees)

bmhatfield

# In order for gpg to find gpg-agent, gpg-agent must be running, and there must be an env
# variable pointing GPG to the gpg-agent socket. This little script, which must be sourced
# in your shell's init script (ie, .bash_profile, .zshrc, whatever), will either start
# gpg-agent or set up the GPG_AGENT_INFO variable if it's already running.

# Add the following to your shell init to set up gpg-agent automatically for every shell
if [ -f ~/.gnupg/.gpg-agent-info ] && [ -n "$(pgrep gpg-agent)" ]; then
    source ~/.gnupg/.gpg-agent-info
    export GPG_AGENT_INFO
else

bcomnes

1. brew install gnupg, pinentry-mac (this includes gpg-agent and pinentry)

2. Generate a key: $ gpg --gen-key

3. Take the defaults. Whatevs

4. Tell gpg-agent to use pinentry-mac:

   $ vim ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf 
   

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 () {

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--) {

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.

joaoneto

var request = require('supertest'),
  should = require('should'),
  app = require('../server');
 
var Cookies;
 
describe('Functional Test <Sessions>:', function () {
  it('should create user session for valid user', function (done) {
    request(app)
      .post('/v1/sessions')