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Long Live CoffeeScript and Long Live ES6

Clearly ES6 is a huge improvement over ES5, and tools like [6to5][] allow us to use these cool features now. I was reading [Replace CoffeeScript with ES6][replace coffeescript] by [Blake Williams][] and thought it was a great summary of how ES6 solves many of the same problems that CoffeeScript solves; however I'd like to comment on a few of Blake's points and talk about why I'll be sticking with CoffeeScript.

Classes

Classes in ES6 (like many of the syntax changes in ES6) are very similar to the CoffeeScript equivalent. To support browsers that are not fully ES5 compliant (e.g. IE8-), however, we still can't really use getters/setters, so ignoring these the comparison is:

Useful git hooks

You can teach an old git new tricks...

How to use

Save each file with the same name as in the gist (for instance, pre-commit)
Make it executable: chmod +x pre-commit
Put it in the .git/hooks directory of a git project

Originally published in June 2008

When hiring Ruby on Rails programmers, knowing the right questions to ask during an interview was a real challenge for me at first. In 30 minutes or less, it's difficult to get a solid read on a candidate's skill set without looking at code they've previously written. And in the corporate/enterprise world, I often don't have access to their previous work.

To ensure we hired competent ruby developers at my last job, I created a list of 15 ruby questions -- a ruby measuring stick if you will -- to select the cream of the crop that walked through our doors.

What to expect

Candidates will typically give you a range of responses based on their experience and personality. So it's up to you to decide the correctness of their answer.

Getting Started with NPM (as a developer)

As easy as 1, 2, 3!

Updated:

Aug, 08, 2022 update config docs for npm 8+
Jul 27, 2021 add private scopes
Jul 22, 2021 add dist tags
Jun 20, 2021 update for --access=public
Sep 07, 2020 update docs for npm version

	[Unit]
	Description=Prysm Beacon Chain
	After=network.target
	StartLimitIntervalSec=0

	[Service]
	Type=simple
	Restart=always
	RestartSec=1
	User=ubuntu

	# Mac OS X Lion introduced a new, iOS-like context menu when you press and hold a key
	# that enables you to choose a character from a menu of options. If you are on Lion
	# try it by pressing and holding down 'e' in any app that uses the default NSTextField
	# for input.
	#
	# It's a nice feature and continues the blending of Mac OS X and iOS features. However,
	# it's a nightmare to deal with in Atom if you're running vim mode,
	# as it means you cannot press and hold h/j/k/l to move through your file. You have
	# to repeatedly press the keys to navigate.

	// Lift only the RedisClient prototype command methods
	// to a new prototype so you can create many instances
	var node = require('when/node');
	var net = require('net');
	var RedisClient = require('redis').RedisClient;
	var host = '127.0.0.1';
	var port = 6379;
	var commands = require('redis/lib/commands');

	function liftCommands(proto, f, n) {

	# 0 is too far from ` ;)
	set -g base-index 1

	# Automatically set window title
	set-window-option -g automatic-rename on
	set-option -g set-titles on

	#set -g default-terminal screen-256color
	set -g status-keys vi
	set -g history-limit 10000

	// FROM: http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Updating#Updating-update%28%29
	//
	// db.collection.update( criteria, objNew, upsert, multi )
	// criteria - query which selects the record to update;
	// objNew - updated object or $ operators (e.g., $inc) which manipulate the object
	// upsert - if this should be an "upsert"; that is, if the record does not exist, insert it
	// multi - if all documents matching criteria should be updated
	//
	// SQL VERSION:
	// UPDATE myTable SET dateField = '2011-01-01' WHERE condField = 'condValue'