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atomicbird / NSObject+setValuesForKeysWithJSONDictionary.h
Created January 11, 2012 02:35
NSObject category for handling JSON dictionaries. Described in detail at http://www.cimgf.com/2012/01/11/handling-incoming-json-redux/
//
// NSObject+setValuesForKeysWithJSONDictionary.h
// SafeSetDemo
//
// Created by Tom Harrington on 12/29/11.
// Copyright (c) 2011 Atomic Bird, LLC. All rights reserved.
//
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
@markd2
markd2 / scanstop.m
Created April 26, 2012 03:46
Scan/Stop examples
#import "stdio.h"
// clang -g -Wall -o scanstop scanstop.m
static short intArray[] = { 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 12, 19, 31 };
static char *ravenArray[] = { "once", "upon", "a", "midnight", "dreary" };
typedef struct Groovy {
int value;
@rtomayko
rtomayko / gist:2601550
Created May 5, 2012 10:58
Open beautiful git-scm.com manual pages w/ git help -w
# The new git-scm.com site includes man pages designed for pleasant viewing in a web browser:
#
# http://git-scm.com/docs
#
# The commands below can be used to configure git to open these pages when
# using `git help -w <command>' from the command line. Just enter the config
# commands in your shell to modify your ~/.gitconfig file.
# Create a new browser command and configure help -w to use it.
git config --global browser.gitscm.cmd "/bin/sh -c 'open http://git-scm.com/docs/\$(basename \$1 .html)' --"
@grodtron
grodtron / recolor.bash
Created May 13, 2012 22:11
A bash/ImageMagick script to recolor transparent .png files
#!/bin/bash
# A small script to change the color of mono-colored transparent .pngs
#
# Uses ImageMagick to read the most common 100% alpha color and then computes
# scale factors to multiply the whole image by.
#
# Improvements to be made:
# -deal with images containing pure black.
# -make portable between new and old ImageMagick versions
@brentsimmons
brentsimmons / EmptyChecks.m
Created July 28, 2012 19:06
Checking if an object is empty
BOOL RSIsEmpty(id obj) {
return obj == nil || obj == [NSNull null] || ([obj respondsToSelector:@selector(length)] && [(NSData *)obj length] == 0) || ([obj respondsToSelector:@selector(count)] && [obj count] == 0);
}
BOOL RSStringIsEmpty(NSString *s) {
/*22 Feb. 2011: added NSNull check. JSON parser can put a null where we expect a string, and NSNull throws an exception when checking length. Since [NSNull null] is, arguably, emptiness, it makes sense to include it.*/
return s == nil || (id)s == (id)[NSNull null] || [s length] == 0;
}
@ttscoff
ttscoff / rtftomarkdown.rb
Created October 9, 2012 21:05
Convert RTF/DOC files to Markdown via Textutil
#!/usr/bin/ruby
=begin
Usage: rtftomarkdown.rb FILENAME.rtf
Uses textutil, available on Mac only (installed by default)
Outputs to STDOUT
Notes:
Links are replaced with Markdown references (duplicate links combined).
@mattt
mattt / NSHipster-Call-For-Tricks-And-Tips.md
Created November 26, 2012 13:59
NSHipster Call for Tips & Tricks!

Howdy howdy, NSHipsters!

If you alloc init an NSCalendar, you'll notice that New Year's Eve falls on a Monday this year, a.k.a. "the day NSHipster is published every week". What fun!

So in celebration of the upcoming year++, I thought it'd be fun to compile a list of some of your favorite tips and tricks of the trade. Submit your favorite piece of Objective-C trivia, framework arcana, hidden Xcode feature, or anything else you think is cool, and you could have it featured in the year-end blowout article. Just comment on this gist below!

Here are a few examples of the kind of things I'd like to see:

@dergachev
dergachev / GIF-Screencast-OSX.md
Last active March 1, 2026 01:02
OS X Screencast to animated GIF

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.

Screencapture GIF

Instructions

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

@shanselman
shanselman / gist:5422230
Last active September 30, 2025 08:47
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@TakashiUNUMA
TakashiUNUMA / FREQ_DIST.awk
Created May 29, 2013 09:20
Make a frequency distribution. USAGE: awk -f FREQ_DIST.awk [input_file]
#!/bin/awk -f
{
if(binsize <= 0) exit
if($1 < 0){
frequency[int($1 / binsize) - 1] ++
}else{
frequency[int($1 / binsize)] ++
}