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const QueryParams = {};

QueryParams.options = {
  usePlusSigns: false, // per RFC 1866 application/x-www-form-urlencoded; otherwise use "%20" for space
  keyMustReturnArray: key => key.endsWith('_arr') // for URI-decoded keys that return `true` for this function, coerce the value to an array even if it contains no commas
};

const decode = str => {
  if (QueryParams.options.usePlusSigns) {
    str = str.replace(/\+/g, '%20');

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/*

Concepts covered:

concept                          | syntax
---------------------------------|--------------------------
testing for a match              | test
replacing matches                | replace
...with a string                 | replace(re, '...')
...with a function               | replace(re, m => ...)

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const alphabetMap = {
  a: 'a@4', b: 'b8', c: 'c{\\[(', d: 'd', e: 'e3', f: 'f', g: 'g69', h: 'h',
  i: 'i|', j: 'j', k: 'k', l: 'l', m: 'm', n: 'n', o: 'o0', p: 'p', q: 'q',
  r: 'r', s: 's5', t: 't7', u: 'u', v: 'v', w: 'w', x: 'x', y: 'y', z: 'z2'
};

const makeRegex = str => {
  const inner = str.split('').map(char => {
    const chars = alphabetMap[char];

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const insaneOptions = {
  allowedAttributes: {
    a: ['href', 'name', 'target', 'rel', 'title'],
    img: ['src', 'alt', 'title'],
    input: ['type', 'checked', 'disabled'],
    code: ['class'],
    span: ['class'],
    th: ['align'],
    tr: ['align']
  },

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/*
source: https://github.com/zeit/now-examples/blob/3f609858904e7dafbd016a255de325a936cf240f/nextjs-news/lib/get-stories.js

The actual functionality isn't anything special - it just gets data about news
stories for a typical hacker-news-clone demo app.

What I like is how this really short snippet shows off so many really nice
features of modern JavaScript. This is the snippet I'd show to rebut someone
claiming "JavaScript is a poorly-designed language created by Brendan Eich in
10 days".

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Useful terminal commands and shortcuts (Linux::Ubuntu)

Commands

• sudo apt-get install <pkg name> install package
• sudo apt-get remove <pkg name> remove package
• apt list | grep <txt to search> search currently installed packages
• xkill kill an unresponsive window w. mouse
• touch to create file, mkdir to create dir
• rm to delete file, rmdir to delete dir

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Learning resources

Courses/Videos

Computer Science

• Video: Harvard CS50 - Hardware - Understanding Technology | 1 hour
• Video: Veritasium - How Does a Transistor Work? | 6 minutes
• Course: Stanford CS101 - SELF PACED Computer Science 101 | 4 hours + exercises
• Course: Udemy - Introduction to Cloud Computing | 1 hour + quiz