Robert Sosinski robertsosinski

President & Founder of @reactive-io

robertsosinski / application.js

Created April 6, 2009 02:50

Handle cookies betwen JavaScript and Rails with JSON/Hash objects

	window.cookies = {
	set: function(name, value, days) {
	if (name) {
	if (days) {
	var date = new Date();
	date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
	var expires = "; expires=" + date.toGMTString();
	}
	else {
	var expires = "";

robertsosinski / application.rb

Created April 6, 2009 14:53

A simple way to manage multiple parameters in Rails routing

	before_filter :hash_options

	def hash_options
	params[:options] = Hash[*((params[:options].size % 2) == 0) ? params[:options] : (params[:options] + [nil])] if params[:options]
	end

robertsosinski / Event.simulate.js

Created April 11, 2009 21:32

Fire native events: Taken from kangax/protolicious

	(function(){
	var eventMatchers = {
	'HTMLEvents': /^(?:load\|unload\|abort\|error\|select\|change\|submit\|reset\|focus\|blur\|resize\|scroll)$/,
	'MouseEvents': /^(?:click\|mouse(?:down\|up\|over\|move\|out))$/
	}
	var defaultOptions = {
	pointerX: 0,
	pointerY: 0,
	button: 0,
	ctrlKey: false,

robertsosinski / tmp.rake

Created April 19, 2009 03:38

Deletes js and css cache files: Taken from maintainable software

	namespace :tmp do
	namespace :assets do
	desc "Clears javascripts/cache and stylesheets/cache"
	task :clear => :environment do
	FileUtils.rm(Dir['public/javascripts/cache/[^.]*'])
	FileUtils.rm(Dir['public/stylesheets/cache/[^.]*'])
	end
	end
	end

robertsosinski / gist:98576

Created April 20, 2009 15:14

Understanding how to bind scope in JavaScript

	window.scope = "window";

	Function.prototype.bind = function(scope) {
	var _function = this;

	return function() {
	return _function.apply(scope, arguments);
	}
	}

robertsosinski / scope.js

Created April 27, 2009 16:29

Understanding how to bind scope in JavaScript with constructors

	Function.prototype.bind = function(scope) {
	_function = this;

	return function() {
	_function.apply(scope, arguments);
	}
	}

	window.scope = "window";

robertsosinski / gist:123078

Created June 3, 2009 16:32

Converts a query string to a Prototype.js Hash

	Hash.fromQueryString = function(string) {
	var hash = new Hash();
	var array = string.gsub(/^#/, '').split(/=\|&/);

	for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i+=2) {
	if(array[i +1] != undefined) {
	hash.set(array[i], array[i + 1]);
	}
	}

robertsosinski / gist:192975

Created September 24, 2009 19:39

RegEx scrubber to make permalinks from strings

	name.downcase.gsub(/'/, "").gsub(/[^[:alnum:]]/, "_").gsub(/_{2,}/, "_").gsub(/^_\|_$/, "")
	# scrub out: ^contractions ^non-alpha-num characters ^extra underscores ^other underscores

robertsosinski / gist:258489

Created December 17, 2009 02:54

Custom jQuery Filter with Parameters

	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html>
	<head>
	<title>Custom jQuery Filter with Parameters</title>
	<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript">
	(function($) {
	$.expr[':'].hasTitle = function(elem, index, list) {
	var params = eval("([" + list[2] + list[3] + list[2] + "])");
	for (var i = 0; i < params.length; i++) {

robertsosinski / gist:259072

Created December 17, 2009 22:12

Custom jQuery RegEx Filter

	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html>
	<head>
	<title>RegEx jQuery Filter</title>
	<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript">
	(function($){
	$.expr[':'].regex = function(elem, index, match) {
	var matchParams = match[3].split(','),
	validLabels = /^(data\|css):/,