mroderick

Keybase proof

I hereby claim:

• I am mroderick on github.
• I am mrgnrdrck (https://keybase.io/mrgnrdrck) on keybase.
• I have a public key whose fingerprint is 3ABC 8817 CF95 2AF1 78E1 0115 19F2 57E0 CF18 1A69

To claim this, I am signing this object:

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Using named constructors

The general usage of a Backbone class is to use the .extend method providing an .initialize method.

var MyView = Backbone.View.extend({
  initialize: function () {
    // Setup object.
 }

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#!/bin/bash

# This is a very naive script, it doesn't do grouping and returns all branches
# I only really care about branches that have not seen commits in two months
#
# I am hoping to find some time to write a tool that can output these reports for me
# In the meantime, I am using this

echo "Merged branches"
for branch in `git branch -r --merged | grep -v HEAD`;do echo -e `git log --no-merges -n 1 --format="%ci, %cr, %an, %ae, "  $branch | head -n 1` \\t$branch; done | sort -r

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var o = {hello:'world', greetings: ['one', 'two', 'three']};
undefined

// regular, difficult to read for large objects
JSON.stringify(o);
"{"hello":"world","greetings":["one","two","three"]}"

// presto!
JSON.stringify(o, '', '  ');
"{

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Morgan's favourite food blogs

In no particular order, except the first one ;-)

• http://www.vivrepourmanger.com
• http://luckypeach.com (get the newslettter!)
• https://www.cooksillustrated.com (you'll need a subscription)
• http://www.seriouseats.com (get the newsletter!)
• http://www.chefsteps.com (get the newsletter!)
• http://www.maangchi.com

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Things to do in Copenhagen

I get asked for recommendations for Copenhagen often enough, that this little document is now a thing.

Please give back by contributing to it.

General

• Visit Copenhagen
• CopenhagenCard - this seems like a good deal. Put it on smartphone, and have it ready on * arrival... there's a list of attractions included
• Arken - Museum of modern art

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Frontend Curriculum

When I am king™, this will be curriculum for frontend developers.

If everyone would read these books, many discussions could be avoided, and the ones we would have would be a lot more interesting.

JavaScript

• Eloquent JavaScript
• JavaScript: The Good Parts
• JavaScript: The Definitive Guide

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#!/bin/bash

# if there are no staged changes, we can exit immediately
# this is fast and prevents issues when popping a stash we didn't create
STAGED_CHANGES=`git diff-index --cached HEAD --name-only --diff-filter ACMR`

if [ -z "$STAGED_CHANGES" ]; then
    exit 0
fi

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describe('this should cause tests to fail', function(){
    // this will cause an exception
    // causing mocha to ignore this whole file
    var hello = JSON.parse('{"hello":}');
    
    it('should something', function(){
        // magic
        assert.equal(true, true);
    })
});

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How to add an image to a gist

1. Create a gist if you haven't already.
2. Clone your gist:

   # make sure to replace `<hash>` with your gist's hash
   git clone https://gist.github.com/<hash>.git # with https
   git clone git@gist.github.com:<hash>.git     # or with ssh