John Hancock johndhancock

Terminal

lsof -iTCP -sTCP:LISTEN -n -P: See what is running on which port
kill {portnumber}: Stop whatever is running on designated port
mongod --dbpath {dir_path}: Specify where mongodb should start up the database
mongosh: Enter the mongodb shell

Mongoshell

use {db_name}: Create a database by name
db.{collection_name}.insertMany({json_array}): Insert multiple records into a database collection

ggplot

Tip Sheet

Color palettes

Saving custom color palettes to a variable, then using them in a ggplot chart

saving the palette

palette <- c(‘#d2848c”, “#fa807s”, “#ee9a00”, “#e0ffff”)

Early Oct. 2019, I ran into a problem on our Voter Guide where Circle Ci would fail before tests would even run. I could get a basic sense of what was happening via the Circle-Ci interface, but the problem wasn't immediately evident.

After consulting with Andrew Chavez, he pointed me to a page that explains how to SSH into a build running on Circle-Ci to run the commands step-by-step in an attempt to debug the problem.

After SSH-ing in, and cd-ing into the directory on the running build (in this case, cd voter-guide), you're able to run the commands listed in the circle-ci/config.yaml file in the project and seeing the read-out within the terminal as you go along.

In this instance, part of the setup process of the circle ci box involves running this command, which pulls a setup file for Nodejs v 8.x and installs it:

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash -

Create election in elections admin
Enter race meta data
Set up clarity scrapers for local county races
Set up any Collin County race results to be clerked, including clerks
Pair race meta data with race aliases from scrapers
Pair candidates
Create a new homepage in the django admin
Set up the featured races for the homepage module
!!! Need Allan to remind me how to preview the homepage modules and get the embed codes
Create a new liveblog in the datalab/admin

	import sys
	import os
	import re

	dir_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/'

	static_content_folder = 'static/custom/ai2html-output/'

	# script takes two arguments "input" and "output" and optional static content folder arg
	# .js extension is added to output

	select {
	display: inline-block;
	font-weight: 400;
	padding: .5rem 1.5rem .5rem .5rem;
	border: 1px solid rgb(175,175,175);
	box-shadow: 0 1px 0 1px rgba(0,0,0,.04);
	border-radius: .5em;
	-moz-appearance: none;
	-webkit-appearance: none;
	appearance: none;

	[
	{
	"name": "Roslindale",
	"latlong": [-71.1245, 42.2913]
	},
	{
	"name": "Jamaica Plain",
	"latlong": [-71.1202, 42.3098]
	},
	{

	// from purpleair.com
	// original source: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15ijz94dXJ-YAZLi9iZ_RaBwrZ4KtYeCy08goGBwnbCU/edit#

	function aqiFromPM(pm) {

	if (isNaN(pm)) return "-";
	if (pm == undefined) return "-";
	if (pm < 0) return pm;
	if (pm > 1000) return "-";
	/*

	<div id="credit__well">
	<div id="credits" class="text__well">
	<div class="logo-container">
	<img src="https://apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/2021/08/the-last-best-shot/assets/images/bg-logo.svg" alt="The Boston Globe logo" />
	</div>
	<p id="copyright" class="bentonsanscond-regular">©<span id="copyright__year"></span> Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC
	</div>
	</div>

	export default function (values) {
	// sort value strings alphabetically
	values.sort((a, b) => {
	if (a.toLowerCase() < b.toLowerCase()) return -1;
	if (a.toLowerCase() > b.toLowerCase()) return 1;
	return 0;
	});

	// find select element/elements
	const selects = document.querySelectorAll('<<selector name>>');