Peter peter-mach

How to set up stress-free SSL on an OS X development machine

One of the best ways to reduce complexity (read: stress) in web development is to minimize the differences between your development and production environments. After being frustrated by attempts to unify the approach to SSL on my local machine and in production, I searched for a workflow that would make the protocol invisible to me between all environments.

Most workflows make the following compromises:

Use HTTPS in production but HTTP locally. This is annoying because it makes the environments inconsistent, and the protocol choices leak up into the stack. For example, your web application needs to understand the underlying protocol when using the secure flag for cookies. If you don't get this right, your HTTP development server won't be able to read the cookies it writes, or worse, your HTTPS production server could pass sensitive cookies over an insecure connection.
Use production SSL certificates locally. This is annoying

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Powerlevel10k

Logs in iOS simulator

Option 1: Use GUI log

In simulator, press ⌘ + / or go to Debug -> Open System Log.
That's it.

Option 2: Open it in terminal

Run instruments -s devices

	// Takes a credit card string value and returns true on valid number
	function valid_credit_card(value) {
	// Accept only digits, dashes or spaces
	if (/[^0-9-\s]+/.test(value)) return false;

	// The Luhn Algorithm. It's so pretty.
	let nCheck = 0, bEven = false;
	value = value.replace(/\D/g, "");

	for (var n = value.length - 1; n >= 0; n--) {

	# taken from http://www.piware.de/2011/01/creating-an-https-server-in-python/
	# generate server.xml with the following command:
	# openssl req -new -x509 -keyout server.pem -out server.pem -days 365 -nodes
	# run as follows:
	# python simple-https-server.py
	# then in your browser, visit:
	# https://localhost:4443

	import BaseHTTPServer, SimpleHTTPServer
	import ssl

	#!/usr/bin/env sh

	# first check to see if mongo service is running. you can't delete any files until the service stops so perform a quick check.
	launchctl list \| grep mongo
	# NOTE: the pipe \| symbol means the commands on the right performs on the output from the left
	# grep is a string search utility. `grep mongo` means search for the substring mongo

	# use the unload command to end the mongo service. this is required to 'unlock' before removing the service.
	# first look for the file to delete
	MONGO_SERVICE_FILE=$(ls ~/Library/LaunchAgents/mongodb)

	app.factory('csrfRequestInterceptor' , function($q , $injector){
	var _token = false;
	return {
	request : function(config){
	var CSRF_URL = '/csrfToken';
	if(config.url == CSRF_URL \|\| config.method == "GET"){
	return config;
	}
	// sailsjs hasn't time limit for csrf token, so it is safe to cache this
	// remove this to request a new token

	Critter:lib critter$ brew install node
	==> Downloading https://downloads.sf.net/project/machomebrew/Bottles/node-0.12.0.yosemite.bottle.1.tar.gz
	######################################################################## 100.0%
	==> Pouring node-0.12.0.yosemite.bottle.1.tar.gz
	==> Caveats
	If you update npm itself, do NOT use the npm update command.
	The upstream-recommended way to update npm is:
	npm install -g npm@latest

	Bash completion has been installed to:

	post_install do \|installer\|

	installer.project.targets.each do \|target\|
	target.build_configurations.each do \|config\|
	if config.name == 'BREnterprise'
	config.build_settings['CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY[sdk=iphoneos*]'] = 'iPhone Distribution: The Carter Group LLC'
	config.build_settings['PROVISIONING_PROFILE'] = '${BR_ENTERPRISE_PROVISIONING_PROFILE}'
	end
	end
	end