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Javascript Tips and Tricks

Cool [stackoverflow][define_objects] post about defining js objects and when to use one.

var myVar   = "3.14159",  
str     = ""+ myVar,//  to string  
int     = ~~myVar,  //  to integer

Visual File structure of directory
```
brew install tree
tree -d ./dir_name/
```
Combine two files

Print X one thousands time

[>++++++++<-]><------[>....<-]

Print X one thousands time but to many iterations

+[--->++<]>++>+++>------[<[<.>-]++++>-]

	import traceback

	defaultDelimiter = '#'
	altDelimiter = '='
	altTwoDelimter = '%'

	def formatError(err, errLocation='main', errMsgDelimiter=defaultDelimiter):
	errorHdr = '{dell}{dell}{dell}{dell} {loc} {dell}{dell}{dell}{dell}'.format(dell=errMsgDelimiter, loc=errLocation)
	errorFooter = '{dell}{dell}{dell}{dell} END {loc} {dell}{dell}{dell}{dell}'.format(dell=errMsgDelimiter, loc=errLocation)

	module.exports = {
	removeWhitespace: function(str){
	return str.replace(/\s+/g, '');
	},
	randomNumber: function(max, min){
	return Math.floor(Math.random() * max) + min;
	},
	stringRepeater: function (str, rptCnt) {
	return new Array(rptCnt).join(str);
	},

	var HipChatClient = require('hipchat-client'),
	CronJob = require('cron').CronJob;

	var cfg = {
	APIKey: '',
	Host: '',
	Schedule: '',
	FromID: '',
	Rooms: [],
	notifierSchedule: '',

	/* Found here: http://www.sociallystacked.com/2012/05/style-your-promotions-disclaimer-text/ */

	/Style Promotion Disclaimer Text/
	.ss_promotion_disclaimer{
	color: #CCCCCC; /Color of Disclaimer Text/
	font-size:10px; /Font Size of Disclaimer Text/
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; /Web Safe Font Family of Disclaimer Text/
	}

	//source: answer to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1184624/convert-form-data-to-javascript-object-with-jquery

	$.fn.serializeObject = function()
	{
	var o = {};
	var a = this.serializeArray();
	$.each(a, function() {
	if (o[this.name] !== undefined) {
	if (!o[this.name].push) {
	o[this.name] = [o[this.name]];

	var mongodb = require('mongodb');
	var MongoClient = mongodb.MongoClient;

	var baseController = function (collectionName) {
	var _settings = {
	url: 'mongodb://localhost:27017/ghfive',
	collectionName: collectionName
	};
	this.default = {
	get: function (req, res) {