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Markdown and reStructuredText

GitHub supports several lightweight markup languages for documentation; the most popular ones (generally, not just at GitHub) are Markdown and reStructuredText. Markdown is sometimes considered easier to use, and is often preferred when the purpose is simply to generate HTML. On the other hand, reStructuredText is more extensible and powerful, with native support (not just embedded HTML) for tables, as well as things like automatic generation of tables of contents.

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written, the development of the Promises/A+ specification has made the original emphasis on Promises/A seem somewhat outdated.

You're Missing the Point of Promises

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.

	#!/bin/bash
	# bash generate random alphanumeric string
	#

	# bash generate random 32 character alphanumeric string (upper and lowercase) and
	NEW_UUID=$(cat /dev/urandom \| tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' \| fold -w 32 \| head -n 1)

	# bash generate random 32 character alphanumeric string (lowercase only)
	cat /dev/urandom \| tr -dc 'a-z0-9' \| fold -w 32 \| head -n 1

	<html lang="en">
	<head>

	</head>
	<body>


	<pre>
	<script type="text/javascript">

	{
	"type": "object",
	"properties": {
	"AWSEBDockerrunVersion": {
	"type": "integer",
	"minimum": 1,
	"maximum": 2
	},
	"authentication": {
	"type": "object",

	''' people export'''

	import base64
	import csv
	import sys
	import time
	import urllib # for url encoding
	import urllib2 # for sending requests

	try:

	#!/bin/bash

	################################################################################
	### OpenCV2 Installation Script ###
	################################################################################
	# Source code at https://github.com/arthurbeggs/scripts #
	################################################################################
	# #
	# Feel free to copy and modify this file. Giving me credit for it is your #
	# choice, but please keep references to other people's work, which I don't #

	#!/bin/bash
	#Make sure we’re running with root permissions.
	if [ `whoami` != root ]; then
	echo Please run this script using sudo
	echo Just type “sudo !!”
	exit
	fi

	#Check for 64-bit arch
	if [uname -m != x86_64]; then

Austin Cawley-Edwards austince

Markdown and reStructuredText

You're Missing the Point of Promises

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