Alexey Kucherenko killmenot

Better local require() paths for Node.js

Problem

When the directory structure of your Node.js application (not library!) has some depth, you end up with a lot of annoying relative paths in your require calls like:

var Article = require('../../../models/article');

Those suck for maintenance and they're ugly.

Possible solutions

This blog post has helped me clean up my postgres development environment on Mac. So making a copy!

How completely uninstall PostgreSQL 9.X on Mac OSX

This article is referenced from stackoverflow:

If installed PostgreSQL with homebrew , enter brew uninstall postgresql

If you used the EnterpriseDB installer , follow the following step.

Common Options

-#, --progress-bar Make curl display a simple progress bar instead of the more informational standard meter.

-b, --cookie <name=data> Supply cookie with request. If no =, then specifies the cookie file to use (see -c).

-c, --cookie-jar <file name> File to save response cookies to.

Comprehensive Introduction to @ngrx/store

By: @BTroncone

Also check out my lesson @ngrx/store in 10 minutes on egghead.io!

Update: Non-middleware examples have been updated to ngrx/store v2. More coming soon!

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Add Git Branch Name to Terminal Prompt (Mac)

Open ~/.bash_profile in your favorite editor and add the following content to the bottom.

# Git branch in prompt.

parse_git_branch() {

Set up git editor

The main command is:

git config --global core.editor "path to your editor with params"

Set up an editor and check it by making a commit:

	# Usage:
	# ruby concat.rb /path-to-compass-gem/frameworks/compass/stylesheets/_compass.scss > compass-all.scss

	@seen = []

	def concat(file)
	File.foreach(file) do \|line\|
	if line =~ /^\s?@import "(.+?)";/
	import = $1
	unless @seen.include?(import)

	The MIT License (MIT)

	Copyright (c) 2015 Justin Perry

	Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
	this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
	the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
	use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
	the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
	subject to the following conditions:

	!function(root, _, undefined) {

	var Disposable = root.Disposable = function() {
	this.disposed = false;
	};
	Disposable.prototype = {
	_dispose: function() {
	if (!this.disposed) {
	this.dispose();
	this.disposed = true;

	# Start the old vagrant
	$ vagrant init centos-6.3
	$ vagrant up

	# You should see a message like:
	# [default] The guest additions on this VM do not match the install version of
	# VirtualBox! This may cause things such as forwarded ports, shared
	# folders, and more to not work properly. If any of those things fail on
	# this machine, please update the guest additions and repackage the
	# box.