acrookston

Automatic build versions from git in Xcode (and other goodies)

Installation procedure for pre-build actions to automatically populate Xcode Info.plist with dynamic data.

1. Xcode Scheme pre-action

Edit Xcode Scheme and add a pre-action script. Copy the contents of preaction.sh into the pre-action script box.

jczaplew

Setting up a LaunchDaemon with pm2

If you have a Node.js app running on an OS X server, you probably:

• Want it to start automatically when the system boots
• Want to use something like pm2 or forever to monitor the status of the app, log errors, and make sure it stays up

While pm2 has the ability to generate startup scripts for use with Ubunutu, Centos, and systemd, it does not work with OS X. The best approach is to use launchd, an OS X-specific daemon manager that replaces cron. It uses XML-based files for configuration. This guide will walk you through the process. Note: "xyz" is used as a placeholder for the application name throughout this guide.

Instructions

tsiege

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jed

How to set up stress-free SSL on an OS X development machine

One of the best ways to reduce complexity (read: stress) in web development is to minimize the differences between your development and production environments. After being frustrated by attempts to unify the approach to SSL on my local machine and in production, I searched for a workflow that would make the protocol invisible to me between all environments.

Most workflows make the following compromises:

• Use HTTPS in production but HTTP locally. This is annoying because it makes the environments inconsistent, and the protocol choices leak up into the stack. For example, your web application needs to understand the underlying protocol when using the secure flag for cookies. If you don't get this right, your HTTP development server won't be able to read the cookies it writes, or worse, your HTTPS production server could pass sensitive cookies over an insecure connection.

• Use production SSL certificates locally. This is annoying

willurd

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

Discussion on reddit.

Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

pamelafox

countries = [
{'timezones': ['Europe/Andorra'], 'code': 'AD', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Andorra', 'capital': 'Andorra la Vella'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Kabul'], 'code': 'AF', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Afghanistan', 'capital': 'Kabul'},
{'timezones': ['America/Antigua'], 'code': 'AG', 'continent': 'North America', 'name': 'Antigua and Barbuda', 'capital': "St. John's"},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Tirane'], 'code': 'AL', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Albania', 'capital': 'Tirana'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Yerevan'], 'code': 'AM', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Armenia', 'capital': 'Yerevan'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Luanda'], 'code': 'AO', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Angola', 'capital': 'Luanda'},
{'timezones': ['America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires', 'America/Argentina/Cordoba', 'America/Argentina/Jujuy', 'America/Argentina/Tucuman', 'America/Argentina/Catamarca', 'America/Argentina/La_Rioja', 'America/Argentina/San_Juan', 'America/Argentina/Mendoza', 'America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos', 'America/Argentina/Ushuai