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mkhatib / geo.js
Created May 24, 2013 02:55
A Javascript utility function to generate number of random Geolocations around a center location and in a defined radius.
/**
* Generates number of random geolocation points given a center and a radius.
* @param {Object} center A JS object with lat and lng attributes.
* @param {number} radius Radius in meters.
* @param {number} count Number of points to generate.
* @return {array} Array of Objects with lat and lng attributes.
*/
function generateRandomPoints(center, radius, count) {
var points = [];
for (var i=0; i<count; i++) {
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domenic / portable-node.md
Created May 25, 2012 21:03
Tips for Writing Portable Node.js Code

Node.js core does its best to treat every platform equally. Even if most Node developers use OS X day to day, some use Windows, and most everyone deploys to Linux or Solaris. So it's important to keep your code portable between platforms, whether you're writing a library or an application.

Predictably, most cross-platform issues come from Windows. Things just work differently there! But if you're careful, and follow some simple best practices, your code can run just as well on Windows systems.

Paths and URLs

On Windows, paths are constructed with backslashes instead of forward slashes. So if you do your directory manipulation