asciitohex

How to create an HTTPS certificate for localhost domains

This focuses on generating the certificates for loading local virtual hosts hosted on your computer, for development only.

Do not use self-signed certificates in production ! For online certificates, use Let's Encrypt instead (tutorial).

rauschma

Strings

String.prototype.*

None of the string methods modify this – they always return fresh strings.

• charAt(pos: number): string ^ES1

  Returns the character at index pos, as a string (JavaScript does not have a datatype for characters). str[i] is equivalent to str.charAt(i) and more concise (caveat: may not work on old engines).

adcreare

Steps to publish a npm package to beta that won't be available via latest and won't auto install on ncu updates etc

1. Ensure any compile is run npm run dist etc
2. Modify version in package.json to the following format (match with existing verion numbers etc) "version": "0.1.120-beta.1" where beta.x is the number of those betas
3. Publish to npm npm publish --tag beta

There are two options for install:

• Always install beta with npm install packagename@beta
• Install specific version with npm install package@0.1.120-beta.1

zehfernandes

# Turn on Notifications
do shell script "defaults -currentHost write com.apple.notificationcenterui doNotDisturb -bool FALSE; defaults -currentHost delete com.apple.notificationcenterui doNotDisturbDate; osascript -e 'quit application \"NotificationCenter\" ' && killall usernoted" -- this set  'Do not disturb' to false in the pref

# Show Desktop
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool true; killall Finder"

# Show all windows
tell application "System Events"
	set visible of (every process) to true
end tell

noygal

Windows 10 version 2004 - Installing Node.js on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL/WSL2)

UPDATE (Fall 2020): This gist is an updated version to the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update - Installing Node.js on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) guide, I usually just keep here notes, configuration or short guides for personal use, it was nice to know it also helps other ppl, I hope this one too.

Windows updated windows subsystem for linux to version 2, as the F.A.Q stated you can still use WSL version 1 side by side with version 2. I'm not sure about existing WSL machines surviving the upgrade process, but as always backup and 🤞. NOTE: WSL version 1 is not replace/deprecated, and there ar

guilhermepontes

Get the old VSCode icon back!! 🔥 🔥

First download the new old icon: https://cl.ly/mzTc (based on this)

You can also use the icon you want, but you need to convert it to .icns. You can use this service to convert PNG to ICNS.

Go to Applications and find VSCode, right click there and choose Get Info. Drag 'n drop the new icon.

pahund

import chai from 'chai';
import sinonChai from 'sinon-chai';
import chaiAsPromised from 'chai-as-promised';
import chaiEnzyme from 'chai-enzyme';

chai.use(sinonChai);
chai.use(chaiAsPromised);
chai.use(chaiEnzyme());

// Make sure chai and jasmine ".not" play nice together

staltz

# Name it whatever you want. I like `y` because in my keyboard layout it's close to `;`
function y() {
    previous=$?
    if [ $previous -eq 0 ]; then
        osascript -e "display notification \"Done\" with title \"Terminal Task\"" && say "it is done";
    else
        osascript -e "display notification \"Failed\" with title \"Terminal Task\"" && say "it went to the trees";
    fi
}

chronon

Possible values for ext-name:

bcmath
bz2
calendar
ctype
curl
dba
dom
enchant

lyoshenka

Coding Maxims

updated list moved to https://grin.io/coding-maxims