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Working with git remotes on Heroku

Generally, you will add a git remote for your Heroku app during the Heroku app creation process, i.e. heroku create. However, if you are working on an existing app and want to add git remotes to enable manual deploys, the following commands may be useful.

Adding a new remote

Add a remote for your Staging app and deploy

Note that on Heroku, you must always use master as the destination branch on the remote. If you want to deploy a different branch, you can use the syntax local_branch:destination_branch seen below (in this example, we push the local staging branch to the master branch on heroku.

$ git remote add staging https://git.heroku.com/staging-app.git

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Installing Node.js with nvm to Linux & macOS & WSL

A quick guide on how to setup Node.js development environment.

Install nvm for managing Node.js versions

nvm allows installing several versions of Node.js to the same system. Sometimes applications require a certain versions of Node.js to work. Having the flexibility of using specific versions can help.

1. Open new Terminal window.

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/*
=====================================================================
arrayToGovukTable

Convert an array to form needed for govukTable macro
=====================================================================

Expects array or nested array.

Usage:

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#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Update the package list

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade -y

# Install more recent PPA (do not do that except you are sure of what you are doing)

sudo apt-get install -y vim curl python-software-properties

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# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :

# Vagrantfile API/syntax version. Don't touch unless you know what you're doing!
VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"

Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
  config.vm.box = "precise64"
  config.vm.box_url = "http://files.vagrantup.com/precise64.box"
  config.vm.network :private_network, ip: "192.168.33.21"

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Launch Sublime Text 2 from the Mac OS X Terminal

Sublime Text 2 ships with a CLI called subl (why not "sublime", go figure). This utility is hidden in the following folder (assuming you installed Sublime in /Applications like normal folk. If this following line opens Sublime Text for you, then bingo, you're ready.

open /Applications/Sublime\ Text\ 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl

You can find more (official) details about subl here: http://www.sublimetext.com/docs/2/osx_command_line.html

Installation

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// Includes functions for exporting active sheet or all sheets as JSON object (also Python object syntax compatible).
// Tweak the makePrettyJSON_ function to customize what kind of JSON to export.

var FORMAT_ONELINE   = 'One-line';
var FORMAT_MULTILINE = 'Multi-line';
var FORMAT_PRETTY    = 'Pretty';

var LANGUAGE_JS      = 'JavaScript';
var LANGUAGE_PYTHON  = 'Python';

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Sketch Plugins

A list of Sketch plugins hosted at GitHub, in no particular order.

• brandonbeecroft/Lorem-Ipsum-Plugin-for-Sketch This is a plugin for quickly creating Lorem Ipsum text in Sketch
• sebj/Sketch Templates and Plugins for Sketch by Bohemian Coding
• FredericJacobs/crop_Artboard A script to export the Sketch App artboards to the clipboard
• almonk/SketchGit A simple Git client built right into Sketch.
• pieteromvlee/Sketch-Scripts A collection of scripting examples for Sketch, by one of the Bohemian Coding guys.
• makzan/Sketch-Plugin-Scripts Some scripts for the Mac Sketch app, including "Blend Steps", "Simple Pattern" and "Fill Artboard"

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Sublime Text 2 – Useful Shortcuts (Mac OS X)

General

⌘T	go to file
⌘⌃P	go to project
⌘R	go to methods
⌃G	go to line
⌘KB	toggle side bar
⌘⇧P	command prompt

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/* paste into http://script.google.com
   run periodically (e.g. every 5 minutes) with a timer by selecting 'Resources' > 'current project's triggers...'
*/
function filterLongEmails() {
  var num_messages = 1;       // will be applied to the last n messages. Google allows up to 500
  var word_limit = 50;
  
  var subj = "Shorter emails will get read.";
  var body = "Dear friends, I value my time and yours but I appreciate it if you can keep your emails under " + word_limit + " words. Please edit and resend.";