| #!/bin/sh | |
| # This shell script is used to bootstrap the app and update external libraries | |
| # | |
| # ====== IMPORTANT ====== | |
| # | |
| # it may break application if 3rd party libs aren't backwards compatible | |
| # or if libs were edited locally, use with care !!! |
This article has been given a more permanent home on my blog. Also, since it was first written, the development of the Promises/A+ specification has made the original emphasis on Promises/A seem somewhat outdated.
Promises are a software abstraction that makes working with asynchronous operations much more pleasant. In the most basic definition, your code will move from continuation-passing style:
getTweetsFor("domenic", function (err, results) {
// the rest of your code goes here.The following will minify your assets with grunt each time a generation write completes.
| /*global module:false*/ | |
| module.exports = function(grunt) { | |
| // Project configuration. | |
| grunt.initConfig({ | |
| pkg: '<json:package.json>', | |
| meta: { | |
| banner: '/*! <%= pkg.title || pkg.name %> - v<%= pkg.version %> - ' + | |
| '<%= grunt.template.today("yyyy-mm-dd") %>\n' + | |
| '<%= pkg.homepage ? "* " + pkg.homepage + "\n" : "" %>' + |
| /*global module:false*/ | |
| module.exports = function(grunt) { | |
| // Project configuration. | |
| grunt.initConfig({ | |
| // Metadata. | |
| pkg: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json'), | |
| aws: grunt.file.readJSON('config/grunt-aws.json'), | |
| datetime: Date.now(), | |
| jshint: { |
| // parse a given template and repalce any variables wrapped with brackets '{' & '}' with the | |
| // corresponding object found in the passed context param | |
| // * **param:** {string} template sting template to be parsed | |
| // * **param:** {object} context object containing variables to inject into the template | |
| // | |
| // e.g: parse( 'hello my name is {name}, I am a {title}', { | |
| // name: 'Anas Nakawa' | |
| // title: function() { | |
| // return 'software developer' | |
| // } |
| /** | |
| * Task: attach_heads | |
| * Description: Set the heads for all themes declared in themes.json | |
| */ | |
| module.exports = function(grunt) { | |
| 'use strict'; | |
| var fs = require('fs'); | |
| var path = require('path'); |
| function whichTransitionEvent(){ | |
| var t; | |
| var el = document.createElement('fakeelement'); | |
| var transitions = { | |
| 'transition':'transitionend', | |
| 'MSTransition':'msTransitionEnd', | |
| 'MozTransition':'transitionend', | |
| 'WebkitTransition':'webkitTransitionEnd' | |
| } |
| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <meta charset=utf-8 /> | |
| <title>Defining JavaScript functions, the ES6 way</title> | |
| <h1>Defining JavaScript functions, the ES6 way</h1> | |
| <em>Use Firefox 22 (Firefox Nightly)</em> | |
| <script> |
| /*global module:false*/ | |
| module.exports = function(grunt) { | |
| // Load tasks | |
| grunt.loadTasks('util/grunt'); | |
| // Load vendors tasks | |
| grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-compass'); | |
| grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-uglify'); | |
| grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-jshint'); | |
| grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-watch'); |
