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@balupton
balupton / ajaxify-html4.js
Created March 7, 2011 04:58
Ajaxify a Website using the HTML4 HashChange Functionality
(function(window,undefined){
// Prepare our Variables
var
document = window.document,
$ = window.jQuery;
// Wait for Document
$(window).bind(function(){
// Prepare Variables
@prozacgod
prozacgod / synchro.js
Created June 9, 2011 20:43
node.js synchronize multiple actions
/*
A simple and elegant function to synchronize multiple functions that expect callback as their last parameter.
example:
sync(func1, [parms], func2, func3, func4, [parms], callback);
Public domain!!
please leave me a comment if you like it!
*/
@alain75007
alain75007 / elementToObject
Created October 19, 2011 15:44
Convert element to object then to json
function elementToObject(element, o) {
var el = $(element);
var o = {
tagName: el.tagName
};
var i = 0;
for (i ; i < el.attributes.length; i++) {
o[el.attributes[i].name] = el.attributes[i].value;
}
@tkihira
tkihira / gist:2367067
Created April 12, 2012 13:02
rmdir recursively in node.js
var fs = require("fs");
var path = require("path");
var rmdir = function(dir) {
var list = fs.readdirSync(dir);
for(var i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
var filename = path.join(dir, list[i]);
var stat = fs.statSync(filename);
if(filename == "." || filename == "..") {
@rcastillo
rcastillo / gist:2632281
Created May 8, 2012 03:17
socket.io Jasmine helpers for creating test socket.io server and client
var _ = require('underscore'),
SocketIOClient = require('socket.io-client'),
liveSocket = require('../lib/live-socket');
exports.setupClient = function(opts) {
return function() {
opts = opts || {};
_.defaults(opts, {
url: 'http://localhost:8000',
options: {
@jboner
jboner / latency.txt
Last active November 17, 2024 11:32
Latency Numbers Every Programmer Should Know
Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
----------------------------------
L1 cache reference 0.5 ns
Branch mispredict 5 ns
L2 cache reference 7 ns 14x L1 cache
Mutex lock/unlock 25 ns
Main memory reference 100 ns 20x L2 cache, 200x L1 cache
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy 3,000 ns 3 us
Send 1K bytes over 1 Gbps network 10,000 ns 10 us
Read 4K randomly from SSD* 150,000 ns 150 us ~1GB/sec SSD
@iros
iros / API.md
Created August 22, 2012 14:42
Documenting your REST API

Title

<Additional information about your API call. Try to use verbs that match both request type (fetching vs modifying) and plurality (one vs multiple).>

  • URL

    <The URL Structure (path only, no root url)>

  • Method:

@desandro
desandro / bower-logo.md
Last active December 30, 2021 23:11
Bower logo

In addition to awesome docs #228, Bower deserves a proper logo. See below for sketches. I'm curious if you think any of these are worth me putting more effort into.


Take a look at Yeoman right now.

Screen Shot 2013-02-19 at 4 43 10 PM

The other two entities have awesome logos. Bower's got to represent.

@jasonrudolph
jasonrudolph / gist:6057563
Last active September 22, 2024 12:54
GitHub Search API: Get the number of stars for a repository

James Sugrue [asked][1], "@GitHubAPI is there a way to find the number of stars for a given repository?"

Example

$ curl -ni "https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q=more+useful+keyboard" -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github.preview'
{
@branneman
branneman / better-nodejs-require-paths.md
Last active October 18, 2024 20:29
Better local require() paths for Node.js

Better local require() paths for Node.js

Problem

When the directory structure of your Node.js application (not library!) has some depth, you end up with a lot of annoying relative paths in your require calls like:

const Article = require('../../../../app/models/article');

Those suck for maintenance and they're ugly.

Possible solutions