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written, the development of the Promises/A+ specification has made the original emphasis on Promises/A seem somewhat outdated.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.
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| # 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 document lays out some baseline expectations between conference speakers and conference presenters. The general goal is to maximize the value the conference provides to its attendees and community and to let speakers know what they might reasonably expect from a conference.
We believe that all speakers should reasonably expect these things, not just speakers who are known to draw large crowds, because no one is a rockstar but more people should have the chance to be one. We believe that conferences are better -- and, dare we say, more diverse -- when the people speaking are not just the people who can afford to get themselves there, either because their company paid or they foot the bill themselves. Basically, this isn't a rock show rider, it's some ideas that should help get the voices of lesser known folks heard.
These expectations should serve as a starting point for discussion between speaker and organizer. They are not a list of demands; they are a list of rea
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| <title>iOS 8 web app</title> | |
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| // Media Queries in Sass 3.2 | |
| // | |
| // These mixins make media queries a breeze with Sass. | |
| // The media queries from mobile up until desktop all | |
| // trigger at different points along the way | |
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| // And important point to remember is that and width | |
| // over the portrait width is considered to be part of the | |
| // landscape width. This allows us to capture widths of devices | |
| // that might not fit the dimensions exactly. This means the break |
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| * This mixin now has its own github repository: https://github.com/kurtmilam/underscoreDeepExtend | |
| * It's also available through npm and bower | |
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NOTE I now use the conventions detailed in the SUIT framework
Used to provide structural templates.
Pattern
t-template-name
Sublime Text 2 ships with a CLI called subl (why not "sublime", go figure). This utility is hidden in the following folder (assuming you installed Sublime in /Applications like normal folk. If this following line opens Sublime Text for you, then bingo, you're ready.
open /Applications/Sublime\ Text\ 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl
You can find more (official) details about subl here: http://www.sublimetext.com/docs/2/osx_command_line.html
| Choose a ticket class: <select id="tickets"></select> | |
| <p id="ticketOutput"></p> | |
| <script id="ticketTemplate" type="text/x-jquery-tmpl"> | |
| {{if chosenTicket}} | |
| You have chosen <b>${ chosenTicket().name }</b> | |
| ($${ chosenTicket().price }) | |
| <button data-bind="click: resetTicket">Clear</button> | |
| {{/if}} |