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Better local require() paths for Node.js

Problem

When the directory structure of your Node.js application (not library!) has some depth, you end up with a lot of annoying relative paths in your require calls like:

const Article = require('../../../../app/models/article');

Those suck for maintenance and they're ugly.

Possible solutions

Pry Cheat Sheet

Youtube Tutorial 2013

Command Line

pry -r ./config/app_init_file.rb - load your app into a pry session (look at the file loaded by config.ru)
pry -r ./config/environment.rb - load your rails into a pry session

Debugger

ANNOUNCEMENT

I have moved this over to the Tech Interview Cheat Sheet Repo and has been expanded and even has code challenges you can run and practice against!

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Rails Generating & Scaffolding

Rails' use of strict naming conventions means a lot of core code SHOULD be in the same format whoever writes it? It could be written by a friend, colleague or a computer... it shouldn't matter because the same Rails rules apply to everyone.

This means that Rails can actually do some tasks for you! It can actually build things and write code on your behalf...

Coming from another language like PHP, this can seem like magic.

Debug Horizontal Scroll

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    var w = d.documentElement.offsetWidth,
        t = d.createTreeWalker(d.body, NodeFilter.SHOW_ELEMENT),
        b;
    while (t.nextNode()) {
        b = t.currentNode.getBoundingClientRect();
 if (b.right &gt; w || b.left &lt; 0) {

Directory structure for JavaScript/Node Projects

While the following structure is not an absolute requirement or enforced by the tools, it is a recommendation based on what the JavaScript and in particular Node community at large have been following by convention.

Beyond a suggested structure, no tooling recommendations, or sub-module structure is outlined here.

Directories

lib/ is intended for code that can run as-is
src/ is intended for code that needs to be manipulated before it can be used

To remove a submodule you need to:

Delete the relevant section from the .gitmodules file.
Stage the .gitmodules changes git add .gitmodules
Delete the relevant section from .git/config.
Run git rm --cached path_to_submodule (no trailing slash).
Run rm -rf .git/modules/path_to_submodule (no trailing slash).
Commit git commit -m "Removed submodule "
Delete the now untracked submodule files rm -rf path_to_submodule

	#!/bin/bash

	mkdir -p ~/.ssh

	# generate new personal ed25519 ssh keys
	ssh-keygen -o -a 100 -t ed25519 -f ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -C "rob thijssen <[email protected]>"
	ssh-keygen -o -a 100 -t ed25519 -f ~/.ssh/id_robtn -C "rob thijssen <[email protected]>"

	# generate new host cert authority (host_ca) ed25519 ssh key
	# used for signing host keys and creating host certs


	// Returns a function, that, as long as it continues to be invoked, will not
	// be triggered. The function will be called after it stops being called for
	// N milliseconds. If `immediate` is passed, trigger the function on the
	// leading edge, instead of the trailing.
	function debounce(func, wait, immediate) {
	var timeout;
	return function() {
	var context = this, args = arguments;
	clearTimeout(timeout);

	HTTP status code symbols for Rails

	Thanks to Cody Fauser for this list of HTTP responce codes and their Ruby on Rails symbol mappings.

	Status Code Symbol
	1xx Informational
	100 :continue
	101 :switching_protocols
	102 :processing