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andrewbranch / ActionResultExtensions.cs

Last active December 17, 2015 16:01

A nice notification pattern for MVC .NET, along with a better theme for alertify.js

	using System.Collections.Generic;
	using System.Linq;
	using System.Web.Mvc;
	using App.Utilities;

	namespace App.Helpers
	{

	public static class ActionResultExtensions
	{

andrewbranch / ModelWithEnum.cs

Last active August 29, 2015 13:57

Make enums available in JavaScript

	// Drop ModelWithEnum.ThingTypeDictionary into a ViewModel that gets serialized to JSON
	// for handy, scalable use of enums in JavaScript. For example, you can change
	//
	//
	// if (m.ThingTypeId === 3)
	//
	// to
	//
	// if (m.ThingTypeId === model.ThingTypeDictionary.Spaceship)

andrewbranch / EntityNotFoundException.cs

Last active August 29, 2015 13:55

Show a custom error page for a custom exception. For example, when trying to access a non-existent database record (app/people/details/9999999).

	// You could put more information and functionality here if you want.
	// I just needed an exception distinguishable from other exceptions.
	// I implemented a "FindOrDie" method in my repository code, from which
	// I throw this exception whenever a query comes up empty.

	using System;
	using System.Collections.Generic;
	using System.Linq;
	using System.Web;

andrewbranch / fixBootstrapModalScrollbar.js

Last active December 31, 2015 07:09

One-up Bootstrap 3.0.0–3.0.3’s method of accounting for scrollbar width when modal is open.

	// This function courtesy of lostsource: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13382516
	function getScrollbarWidth() {
	var outer = document.createElement("div");
	outer.style.visibility = "hidden";
	outer.style.width = "100px";
	document.body.appendChild(outer);
	var widthNoScroll = outer.offsetWidth;
	outer.style.overflow = "scroll";
	var inner = document.createElement("div");
	inner.style.width = "100%";

andrewbranch / KSSBluetoothController.h

Last active December 28, 2015 17:49

SwitchaBLE Light State characteristic write codes

	typedef NS_OPTIONS(NSInteger, LightState) {
	LightStateOff = 0,
	LightStateOn = 1 << 0,
	LightStateToggle = 1 << 1,
	LightStatePulse = 1 << 2,
	LightStateStrobe = 1 << 3
	};

andrewbranch / select2-override.css

Last active October 16, 2017 14:04

Flat styling of select2.

	.select2-container .select2-choice {
	height: 34px;
	-webkit-box-shadow: none;
	-moz-box-shadow: none;
	box-shadow: none;
	background-color: #fff;
	background-image: none;
	background: #fff;
	}

andrewbranch / autoshrink.js

Last active July 31, 2019 22:07

Responds to window resize events. Max font size taken from initial font size (specify with CSS).

	(function($) {

	function getTextWidth($element) {
	var tester = $("<div/>").text($element.text())
	.css({ "position": "absolute", "float": "left", "white-space": "nowrap", "visibility": "hidden", "font": $element.css("font"), "text-transform": $element.css("text-transform"), "letter-spacing": $element.css("letter-spacing") })
	.appendTo($element.parent()),
	width = tester.innerWidth();
	tester.remove();
	return width;
	}

andrewbranch / ExampleView.aspx

Created September 10, 2013 16:44

HtmlHelper to generate JavaScript object from C# object

	<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="head" runat="server">
	<%= Html.WriteToJavaScript(Model, "window.model") %>
	</asp:Content>

andrewbranch / BundleConfig.cs

Last active December 21, 2015 11:38

Bundling with BundleTransformer in ASP.NET MVC. Less files need to have their Build Action set to "Content" in their file properties in order to publish successfully.

	using System.Web;
	using System.Web.Optimization;
	using BundleTransformer.Core.Transformers;

	namespace Project {

	public class BundleConfig {

	public static void RegisterBundles(BundleCollection bundles) {

andrewbranch / getAuburnBuildings.js

Last active December 21, 2015 04:59

Gets an array of Auburn building names from the web API. Works from auburn.edu domain and subdomains.

	var auburnBuildingNames;

	window.getAuburnBuildingNames = function(callback) {
	if (auburnBuildingNames) {
	callback(auburnBuildingNames);
	} else {
	var buildings;
	$.getJSON("https://cws.auburn.edu/map/api/3.0/building", function(data) {
	buildings = $.map(data, function(building, i) {
	return building.name;

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