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/ build-to-grow-no-silver-bullet-snip.txt
Created
August 9, 2016 05:46
Brooks suggesting a move from "build" to "grow" as the key metaphor in software development
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| In "No Silver Bullet" [1] Brooks wrote in 1986: | |
| "I still remember the jolt I felt in 1958 when I first heard a friend talk about building a program, | |
| as opposed to writing one. In a flash he broadened my whole view of the software process. The | |
| metaphor shift was powerful, and accurate. Today we understand how like other building processes the | |
| construction of software is, and we freely use other elements of the metaphor, such as | |
| specifications, assembly of components, and scaffolding." | |
| "The building metaphor has outlived its usefulness. It is time to change again. If, as I believe, | |
| the conceptual structures we construct today are too complicated to be specified accurately in |
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/ extract-query-string-variable.js
Created
March 12, 2016 00:06
Extract a variable from window.location query string
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| function getQueryVariable(variable) { | |
| var query = window.location.search.substring(1); | |
| var vars = query.split("&"); | |
| for (var i=0;i<vars.length;i++) { | |
| var pair = vars[i].split("="); | |
| if(pair[0] == variable){return pair[1];} | |
| } | |
| return(false); | |
| } |
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/ generateUniqueId.js
Created
January 19, 2016 02:12
generate a unique UUID using Javascript Math.random
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| // from alexmorleyfinch's comment on this thread: | |
| // https://gist.github.com/gordonbrander/2230317#gistcomment-1618310 | |
| var generateUniqueId = function(){ | |
| function chr4(){ | |
| return Math.random().toString(16).slice(-4); | |
| }; | |
| return chr4() + chr4() + | |
| '-' + chr4() + | |
| '-' + chr4() + | |
| '-' + chr4() + |
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/ L1Animation.as
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August 29, 2015 14:27
Animation code for L1 Outerwear 2008 Flash site
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| // help the book get centered... | |
| _root.bookOffsetX = 220; | |
| _root.bookOffsetY = 400; | |
| // this function runs every time the window is resized. | |
| var resizeFunction = function() { | |
| // find the scale for book_mc | |
| stagewidth = Stage.width; | |
| stageheight = Stage.height; |
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/ EdgemoorIntro.as
Created
August 11, 2015 15:48
EdgemoorIntro.as - Actionscript 3 - Animation code for Edgemoor
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| package wolken.edgemoor { | |
| import flash.events.Event; | |
| import flash.events.EventDispatcher; | |
| import flash.display.MovieClip; | |
| import flash.text.TextField; | |
| import flash.text.TextFormat; | |
| import fl.transitions.Tween; | |
| import fl.transitions.TweenEvent; |
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| package wolken.slideshow { | |
| import flash.events.Event; | |
| import flash.events.EventDispatcher; | |
| import flash.text.TextField; | |
| import flash.display.MovieClip; | |
| import flash.display.LoaderInfo; | |
| import flash.display.SimpleButton; | |
| import fl.transitions.Tween; |
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| .use(phantom()) | |
| ^ | |
| TypeError: object is not a function | |
| at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/212341175/workspace/repos/kexp/xray.js:5:8) | |
| at Module._compile (module.js:460:26) | |
| at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:478:10) | |
| at Module.load (module.js:355:32) | |
| at Function.Module._load (module.js:310:12) | |
| at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:501:10) | |
| at startup (node.js:129:16) |
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/ 0_reuse_code.js
Last active
August 29, 2015 14:15
Here are some things you can do with Gists in GistBox.
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| // Use Gists to store code you would like to remember later on | |
| console.log(window); // log the "window" object to the console |
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| <link rel="import" href="../ace-element/ace-element.html"> | |
| <link rel="import" href="../google-map/google-map-directions.html"> | |
| <link rel="import" href="../google-map/google-map-search.html"> | |
| <link rel="import" href="../smoothie-chart/smoothie-chart.html"> | |
| <link rel="import" href="../core-input/core-input.html"> | |
| <link rel="import" href="../topeka-elements/category-images.html"> | |
| <link rel="import" href="../core-icon/core-icon.html"> | |
| <link rel="import" href="../core-icons/core-icons.html"> | |
| <link rel="import" href="../core-icons/av-icons.html"> | |
| <link rel="import" href="../paper-fab/paper-fab.html"> |
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