Mariano Viola marianoviola

Edit — February 2019

This gist had a far larger impact than I imagined it would, and apparently people are still finding it, so a quick update:

TC39 is currently moving forward with a slightly different version of TLA, referred to as 'variant B', in which a module with TLA doesn't block sibling execution. This vastly reduces the danger of parallelizable work happening in serial and thereby delaying startup, which was the concern that motivated me to write this gist
In the wild, we're seeing (async main(){...}()) as a substitute for TLA. This completely eliminates the blocking problem (yay!) but it's less powerful, and harder to statically analyse (boo). In other words the lack of TLA is causing real problems
Therefore, a version of TLA that solves the original issue is a valuable addition to the language, and I'm in full support of the current proposal, which you can read here.

I'll leave the rest of this document unedited, for archaeological

Python VS ES6 syntax comparison

Python syntax here : 2.7 - online REPL

Javascript ES6 via Babel transpilation - online REPL

Imports

import math

People

`:bowtie:`	😄 `:smile:`	😆 `:laughing:`
😊 `:blush:`	😃 `:smiley:`	☺️ `:relaxed:`
😏 `:smirk:`	😍 `:heart_eyes:`	😘 `:kissing_heart:`
😚 `:kissing_closed_eyes:`	😳 `:flushed:`	😌 `:relieved:`
😆 `:satisfied:`	😁 `:grin:`	😉 `:wink:`
😜 `:stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:`	😝 `:stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:`	😀 `:grinning:`
😗 `:kissing:`	😙 `:kissing_smiling_eyes:`	😛 `:stuck_out_tongue:`

This text now lives at https://github.com/MarcDiethelm/contributing/blob/master/README.md. I turned it into a Github repo so you can, you know, contribute to it by making pull requests.

Contributing

If you want to contribute to a project and make it better, your help is very welcome. Contributing is also a great way to learn more about social coding on Github, new technologies and and their ecosystems and how to make constructive, helpful bug reports, feature requests and the noblest of all contributions: a good, clean pull request.

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

Collections

each(array)

Underscore example:

_.each([1, 2, 3], function(num) { alert(num); });

	/**
	* Helvetica Neue Normal (No Stretch)
	*/

	/* Helvetica Neue Black Font Stack */
	.{font-family: "HelveticaNeueBlack", "HelveticaNeue-Black", "Helvetica Neue Black", "HelveticaNeue", "Helvetica Neue", 'TeXGyreHerosBold', "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-weight:800; font-stretch:normal;}

	/* Helvetica Neue Heavy Font Stack */
	.{font-family: "HelveticaNeueHeavy", "HelveticaNeue-Heavy", "Helvetica Neue Heavy", "HelveticaNeue", "Helvetica Neue", 'TeXGyreHerosBold', "Arial Black", sans-serif; font-weight:700; font-stretch:normal;}

	var array = [];

	function closest(array,num){
	var i=0;
	var minDiff=1000;
	var ans;
	for(i in array){
	var m=Math.abs(num-array[i]);
	if(m<minDiff){
	minDiff=m;

	/*
	Crayola crayon colors

	Compiled by @LATdatadesk
	Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Crayola_crayon_colors
	*/

	// Standard colors
	@almond: #EFDECD;
	@antique_brass: #CD9575;