FranciscoG

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.

	{
	"vars": {
	"@gray-base": "#58595b",
	"@gray-darker": "lighten(@gray-base, 13.5%)",
	"@gray-dark": "lighten(@gray-base, 20%)",
	"@gray": "lighten(@gray-base, 33.5%)",
	"@gray-light": "lighten(@gray-base, 46.7%)",
	"@gray-lighter": "lighten(@gray-base, 93.5%)",
	"@brand-primary": "darken(#428bca, 6.5%)",
	"@brand-success": "#5cb85c",

	"use strict";

	function jsonToSassVars (obj, indent) {
	// Make object root properties into sass variables
	var sass = "";
	for (var key in obj) {
	sass += "$" + key + ":" + JSON.stringify(obj[key], null, indent) + ";\n";
	}

	// Store string values (so they remain unaffected)

	import UIKit
	import Foundation
	import XCPlayground

	XCPSetExecutionShouldContinueIndefinitely()

	class RemoteAPI {
	func getData(completionHandler: ((NSArray!, NSError!) -> Void)!) -> Void {
	let url: NSURL = NSURL(string: "http://itunes.apple.com/search?term=Turistforeningen&media=software")
	let ses = NSURLSession.sharedSession()

	#!/usr/bin/env bash

	# ---------------------------------------
	# Virtual Machine Setup
	# ---------------------------------------

	# Adding multiverse sources.
	cat > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/multiverse.list << EOF
	deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty multiverse
	deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-updates multiverse

	var f = function() {
	var v = speechSynthesis.getVoices().filter(function(v) { return v.name == 'Hysterical'; })[0],
	s = ["ahahahaha", "stop it", "don't tickle me"],
	t = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(s[~~(Math.random()*s.length)]);
	t.voice = v; speechSynthesis.speak(t);
	};
	Array.prototype.slice.call(document.querySelectorAll('a')).forEach(function(a) {
	a.addEventListener('mouseover', f);
	});

	; ___ _ __ ___ __ ___
	; / __\|_ _ __ _\| \|_____ / /\| __\|/ \_ )
	; \__ \ ' \/ _` \| / / -_) _ \__ \ () / /
	; \|___/_\|\|_\__,_\|_\_\___\___/___/\__/___\|

	; An annotated version of the snake example from Nick Morgan's 6502 assembly tutorial
	; on http://skilldrick.github.io/easy6502/ that I created as an exercise for myself
	; to learn a little bit about assembly. I think I understood everything, but I may
	; also be completely wrong :-)

	// This probably doesn't work anymore.
	let lines = "";
	var orders = $("tbody#OrderHistoryLikedItem tr");
	var count = 0;
	var amount = 0.0;
	for (var i = 0; i < orders.length; i++) {
	try {
	var tr = $(orders[i]);
	var d = tr.find("td.date strong")[0].innerText.trim();
	var v = tr.find("td.vendor a")[0].innerText.trim();

	<?php

	// In your template files like footer.php

	// The items_wrap value ('%3$s') removes the wrapping <ul>, while the custom walker (Nav_Footer_Walker) removes the <li>'s.

	wp_nav_menu(array('items_wrap'=> '%3$s', 'walker' => new Nav_Footer_Walker(), 'container'=>false, 'menu_class' => '', 'theme_location'=>'footer', 'fallback_cb'=>false ));

	?>

FranciscoG

Better local require() paths for Node.js

Problem

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