cowboy

var isPrimitive = function(val) {
  return val !== function() { return this; }.call(val);
};

CrossEye

// Based on a discussion with Michael Haufe:
//   https://groups.google.com/group/jsmentors/browse_thread/thread/d028fb0041f93a27
// Not really recommended for anything but the fun of knowing it can be done!

var omega = function() {
    var queue = [];
    var valueOf = Function.prototype.valueOf;
    Function.prototype.valueOf = function() {
        queue.push(this);
        return 1;  // not needed now, but could be used later to distinguish operators.

buzzdecafe

// clean and pure:
function cons(x, y) {
    return function(pick) {
        return pick(x, y);
    }
}

// does more stuff:
function cons(x, y) {
    var fn = function(pick) {

buzzdecafe

/*
Fibonacci infinite stream generator. Not hugely exciting yet
*/
var fgen = (function() {
  var fn1 = 0, fn2 = 1;
  f = function f() {
    var curr = fn2;
    fn2 = fn1;
    fn1 = fn1 + curr;
    return fn1;

CrossEye

(function(global) {
    var types = function(obj) {
        throw new TypeError("fmap called on unregistered type: " + obj);
    };

    // inefficient as hell, but as long as there aren't too many types....
    global.Functor = function(type, defs) {
        var oldTypes = types;
        types = function(obj) {
            if (type.prototype.isPrototypeOf(obj)) {

buzzdecafe

(function(global) {

    global.Functor = function(conf) {
        Functor.types[conf.key] = {
            obj: conf.obj,
            fmap: conf.fmap
        };
    };
    
    Functor.types = {};

benmj

/*global angular: true, google: true, _ : true */

'use strict';

angular.module('geocoder', ['ngStorage']).factory('Geocoder', function ($localStorage, $q, $timeout) {
  var locations = $localStorage.locations ? JSON.parse($localStorage.locations) : {};

  var queue = [];

  // Amount of time (in milliseconds) to pause between each trip to the

hhauflaire

rauschma

/**
 * Create an array with `len` elements.
 * 
 * @param [initFunc] Optional: a function that returns
 * the elements with which to fill the array.
 * If the function is omitted, all elements are `undefined`.
 * `initFunc` receives a single parameter: the index of an element.
 */
function initArray(len, initFunc) {
    if (typeof initFunc !== 'function') {

branneman

Better local require() paths for Node.js

Problem

When the directory structure of your Node.js application (not library!) has some depth, you end up with a lot of annoying relative paths in your require calls like:

const Article = require('../../../../app/models/article');

Those suck for maintenance and they're ugly.

Possible solutions