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@laktek
laktek / jquery.is_blank.js
Created December 29, 2010 06:38
Checks whether the given string (or object) is blank
(function($){
$.isBlank = function(string){
return(!string || $.trim(string) === "");
};
})(jQuery);
$.isBlank(" ") //true
$.isBlank("") //true
$.isBlank("\n") //true
$.isBlank("a") //false
@nuxlli
nuxlli / sublime_text_2_useful_shortcuts.md
Created September 9, 2011 18:51 — forked from lucasfais/gist:1207002
Sublime Text 2 - Useful Shortcuts

Sublime Text 2 - Useful Shortcuts

Tested in Mac OS X: super == command

Open/Goto


  • super+t: go to file
  • super+ctrl+p: go to project
  • super+r: go to methods
@gudbergur
gudbergur / README.markdown
Created February 19, 2012 23:49
Bootstrap's Typeahead plugin extended (allowing for AJAX functionality) among other things

This is a fork of Bootstrap Typeahead that adds minimal but powerful extensions.

For example, process typeahead list asynchronously and return objects

  # This example does an AJAX lookup and is in CoffeeScript
  $('.typeahead').typeahead(
    # source can be a function
    source: (typeahead, query) ->
 # this function receives the typeahead object and the query string
@ndarville
ndarville / business-models.md
Last active October 23, 2024 17:18
Business models based on the compiled list at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4924647. I find the link very hard to browse, so I made a simple version in Markdown instead.

Business Models

Advertising

Models Examples
Display ads Yahoo!
Search ads Google

Lesson's learnt building the Guardian

Below is a collection of my favourite responses I gathered from Guardian engineers when asked the question: What have you learnt starting from scratch and building a mobile-first next generation web platform for the Guardian?

Daithi O Crualaoich

  • Work with great people.
  • Deploy like crazy. This means the team has to control the infrastructure as well as code.
  • Design is not a service. Designers have to sit in the team.
  • Infrastructure is intrinsically unreliable. Discard and replace is the robust strategy.
  • Use your CDN for HTML too.
  • Don't always do as you are told.
@jeremydw
jeremydw / google-app-engine-environment.textile
Last active April 8, 2018 13:19
Google App Engine Environment Variables (as of Google App Engine/1.8.6, October 2013)
APPENGINE_RUNTIME python27
APPLICATION_ID s~appid
AUTH_DOMAIN gmail.com
CONTENT_LENGTH 148
CONTENT_TYPE application/x-www-form-urlencoded
CURRENT_MODULE_ID default
CURRENT_VERSION_ID appid.370290628632119235
DATACENTER us1
DEFAULT_VERSION_HOSTNAME appid.appspot.com
HTTPS on
@tristanwietsma
tristanwietsma / auth.go
Created May 15, 2014 04:15
Golang web server example
package main
import (
"encoding/base64"
"net/http"
"strings"
)
type handler func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
@andreagrandi
andreagrandi / parse_json_post.go
Created August 19, 2014 13:28
Parse a JSON http POST in GoLang
package main
import (
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"net/http"
)
type test_struct struct {
Test string
@paulirish
paulirish / what-forces-layout.md
Last active November 19, 2024 01:01
What forces layout/reflow. The comprehensive list.

What forces layout / reflow

All of the below properties or methods, when requested/called in JavaScript, will trigger the browser to synchronously calculate the style and layout*. This is also called reflow or layout thrashing, and is common performance bottleneck.

Generally, all APIs that synchronously provide layout metrics will trigger forced reflow / layout. Read on for additional cases and details.

Element APIs

Getting box metrics
  • elem.offsetLeft, elem.offsetTop, elem.offsetWidth, elem.offsetHeight, elem.offsetParent