Lars Schulz meerestier

When I was a beginner…

This is a little exercise to try remember the things I struggled with, when I got started with web development. It's too easy to forget about those things after years in business. I think it's super important to keep the ability to put yourself back into the position of a beginner from time to time in order to not overcomplicate your own work and to not throw the typical "just" and "simply" sentences at other people, who get started.

The following list is not complete or very detailed. It's really all about writing down some memories quickly. Feel free to follow this experiment for yourself if you think it's useful.

HTML

Breaks. Why the hell doesn't text wrap in the browser when I add a line break to the source code?
Paths: I absolutely struggled with the basic concept of absolute and relative paths and why stuff doesn't get loaded correctly when I messed paths up in URLs.

Mac web developer apps

This gist's comment stream is a collection of webdev apps for OS X. Feel free to add links to apps you like, just make sure you add some context to what it does — either from the creator's website or your own thoughts.

— Erik

	// === Convert SQL Compact Edition database file to SQLite database file ===

	// Dump SQL Compact Edition data to SQLite compatible SQL file
	// - Command line tools: https://github.com/ErikEJ/SqlCeToolbox/wiki/Command-line-tools
	// - ExportSQLCE40.exe "Data Source=D:\Northwind.sdf;" Northwind.sql sqlite

	// The SQL file created by the SqlCeToolbox contains GUID data as text.
	// - Connection string with GUID as text: https://www.connectionstrings.com/sqlite/
	// Data Source=c:\mydb.db;Version=3;BinaryGUID=False;
	// - Recommended is to store GUID data as binary instead of text (requires less space)

	#!/bin/bash
	set -e

	show_help() {
	cat << EOF
	Usage: ${0##*/} [-u USER] [-p PASS] [-P PORT] [-H HOST] [DATABASE]
	${0##*/} -h

	Open a standard connection in Sequel PRO.

	"""
	Example snippet on how to sync from JIRA to omnifocus.

	The main function is OmniFocus.sync_jira_to_omnifocus().
	OmniFocus.process_jira_data() is customized to filter projects based on my own needs and will need updating.
	"""
	from applescript import AppleScript, ScriptError
	from datetime import datetime
	from json import JSONDecoder
	from logging import getLogger

	#!/bin/bash

	echo "File type (kmz or kml):"
	read TYPE
	echo "Enter the filename (without the .kmz or .kml extension) to process:"
	read FILENAME

	# Unzip KMZ file
	if [[ $TYPE = "kmz" ]]; then
	Unzip "$FILENAME.kmz"

	#!/usr/bin/env ruby
	# encoding: utf-8
	# tag primary folders =Tagname
	# target them with #Tagname
	# tag subfolders with @nickname
	# target them with :nickname
	# if no tagged folder exists but there's a matching folder name, that's used
	# otherwise it will create folders based on :tags
	# :tags can be strung together :bt:Drafts:testing for nesting
	# Only one #Tag and one :path should exist in a file's tags

	#!/usr/bin/ruby
	=begin
	Planter v1.3
	Brett Terpstra 2013
	ruby script to create a directory structure from indented data.

	Three ways to use it:
	- Pipe indented (tabs or 2 spaces) text to the script
	- e.g. `cat "mytemplate" \| planter.rb
	- Create template.tpl files in ~/.planter and call them by their base name

	javascript:q=location.href;if(document.getSelection){d=document.getSelection();}else{d='';};p=document.title;void(open('https://pinboard.in/add?later=yes&noui=yes&jump=close&tags=TAGS GO HERE&url='+encodeURIComponent(q)+'&description='+encodeURIComponent(d)+'&title='+encodeURIComponent(p),'Pinboard','toolbar=no,width=100,height=100'));

	// Copy and paste the above into a new bookmark. Replace "TAGS GO HERE" with your tags. Presto!

	# Font Squirrel Font-face Generator Configuration File
	# Upload this file to the generator to recreate the settings
	# you used to create these fonts.

	{"mode":"expert","formats":["ttf","woff","eot","svg"],"tt_instructor":"default","options_subset":"advanced","subset_custom":"","subset_custom_range":"f000-f073,f200-f273","filename_suffix":"-webfont","emsquare":"2048","spacing_adjustment":"0","rememberme":"Y"}