j4mie

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
import unicodedata

""" Normalise (normalize) unicode data in Python to remove umlauts, accents etc. """

data = u'naïve café'
normal = unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', data).encode('ASCII', 'ignore')
print normal
 

nerdsrescueme

Perl and PHP Regular Expressions

PHP regexes are based on the PCRE (Perl-Compatible Regular Expressions), so any regexp that works for one should be compatible with the other or any other language that makes use of the PCRE format. Here are some commonly needed regular expressions for both PHP and Perl. Each regex will be in string format and will include delimiters.
All Major Credit Cards

This regular expression will validate all major credit cards: American Express (Amex), Discover, Mastercard, and Visa.

    //All major credit cards regex
    '/^(?:4[0-9]{12}(?:[0-9]{3})?|5[1-5][0-9]{14}|6011[0-9]{12}|622((12[6-9]|1[3-9][0-9])|([2-8][0-9][0-9])|(9(([0-1][0-9])|(2[0-5]))))[0-9]{10}|64[4-9][0-9]{13}|65[0-9]{14}|3(?:0[0-5]|[68][0-9])[0-9]{11}|3[47][0-9]{13})*$/'

clarle

// Module dependencies

var express    = require('express'),
    mysql      = require('mysql');

// Application initialization

var connection = mysql.createConnection({
        host     : 'localhost',
        user     : 'root',

mattratleph

vimdiff cheat sheet

##git mergetool

In the middle file (future merged file), you can navigate between conflicts with ]c and [c.

Choose which version you want to keep with :diffget //2 or :diffget //3 (the //2 and //3 are unique identifiers for the target/master copy and the merge/branch copy file names).

:diffupdate (to remove leftover spacing issues)

:only (once you’re done reviewing all conflicts, this shows only the middle/merged file)

zykadelic

Array.prototype.destroy = function(obj){
	// Return null if no objects were found and removed
	var destroyed = null;
	
	for(var i = 0; i < this.length; i++){
		
		// Use while-loop to find adjacent equal objects
		while(this[i] === obj){
			
			// Remove this[i] and store it within destroyed

JeffPaine

Moved

Now located at https://github.com/JeffPaine/beautiful_idiomatic_python.

Why it was moved

Github gists don't support Pull Requests or any notifications, which made it impossible for me to maintain this (surprisingly popular) gist with fixes, respond to comments and so on. In the interest of maintaining the quality of this resource for others, I've moved it to a proper repo. Cheers!

Starefossen

curl -X POST \
  -H "X-Parse-Application-Id: $APP_ID" \
  -H "X-Parse-REST-API-Key: $KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"score": 1337, "playerName": "Sean Plott", "cheatMode": false }' \
  https://api.parse.com/1/classes/GameScore

sloria

The Best of the Best Practices (BOBP) Guide for Python

A "Best of the Best Practices" (BOBP) guide to developing in Python.

In General

Values

• "Build tools for others that you want to be built for you." - Kenneth Reitz
• "Simplicity is alway better than functionality." - Pieter Hintjens

stephenll

#  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
#  Description:  This file holds all my BASH configurations and aliases.
#                Much of this was originally copied from:
#                http://natelandau.com/my-mac-osx-bash_profile/
#
#  Sections:
#  1.   Environment Configuration
#  2.   Make Terminal Better (remapping defaults and adding functionality)
#  3.   File and Folder Management

martinklepsch

A Starting Point for using Emacs & Evil-mode

(I wrote a bit about why Emacs and Vim on my blog and thought it might be nice to give some starting point for people that want to try it.)

If you just want to play around with Emacs & Evil mode do the following:

1. mkdir ~/.emacs.d/
2. copy init.el into ~/.emacs.d/
3. Download Emacs from http://emacsformacosx.com