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@tmpvar
tmpvar / .gitignore
Created July 12, 2011 07:19
A console.log implementation that plays "nice" with large amounts of data. It Keeps node alive until the output has flushed to the screen.
gmon.out
v8.log
@bryckbost
bryckbost / gist:1040263
Created June 22, 2011 14:54
Capybara 1.0 and Chrome
# env.rb
Capybara.register_driver :selenium do |app|
Capybara::Selenium::Driver.new(app, :browser => :chrome)
end
Download chromedriver from http://code.google.com/p/selenium/downloads/list
mv chromedriver to /usr/local/bin so it's in your path.
@creationix
creationix / EventLoop.js
Created June 21, 2011 05:56
Userspace EventLoop for JavaScript
// Make a user-space event loop for doing smart event propigation with zero*
// race conditions.
//
// *(If you are unable to get at the event-source, an automatic setTimeout will
// be created, and there is a small chance some other native event may get in
// before it.)
function makeLoop() {
// Private //
@szimek
szimek / backbone_extensions.js
Created June 15, 2011 10:20
Extensions for Backbone.
// TODO:
// - TemplateView
// - change the way templates are compiled (store compiled version inside view "class"?)
//
// - CollectionView
// - cleanup layout rendering if it depends on collection (remove collection container from DOM, rerender the layout and attach it again?)
// - store model views together with models (?)
//
// - ModelView
// - extend Model#toJSON to convert nested objects as well (http://rcos.rpi.edu/projects/concert/commit/got-requests-displaying-properly-again/)
@ryanb
ryanb / rails_3_1_rc4_changes.md
Created May 6, 2011 01:10
The Changelogs for Rails 3.1 Beta 1

Railties 3.1 RC4

  • The new rake task assets:clean removes precompiled assets. [fxn]

  • Application and plugin generation run bundle install unless --skip-gemfile or --skip-bundle. [fxn]

  • Fixed database tasks for jdbc* adapters #jruby [Rashmi Yadav]

  • Template generation for jdbcpostgresql #jruby [Vishnu Atrai]

module Test
module Unit
TestCase = RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup
end
end
class Test::Unit::TestCase
def self.inherited(host)
host.set_it_up host.name.gsub(/(Spec|Test)/,'')
def host.method_added(name)
@cowboy
cowboy / multi-firefox-fixer.sh
Created March 14, 2011 02:17
Multi-Firefox Fixer: Run multiple versions of Firefox simultaneously! (note: doesn't work on Windows)
#!/bin/bash
if [ "$1" = "-h" -o "$1" = "--help" ]; then cat <<EOF
Multi-Firefox Fixer - v0.2 - 4/26/2011
http://benalman.com/
Usage: `basename "$0"`
Run this shell script from beside (in the same parent directory as) one or more
Firefox*.app or Aurora*.app applications and it will "fix" those Firefoxes to
@creationix
creationix / inspect.js
Created December 23, 2010 06:51
a custom object inspector to help me understand JavaScript
function escapeString(string) {
string = string.replace(/\\/g, "\\\\").
replace(/\n/g, "\\n").
replace(/\r/g, "\\r").
replace(/\t/g, "\\t");
if (string.indexOf("'") < 0) {
return "'" + string + "'";
}
string = string.replace(/"/g, "\\\"");
return '"' + string + '"';
#! /usr/bin/env ruby
status = DATA.flock(File::LOCK_EX | File::LOCK_NB)
if status == 0
puts "we have the lock..."
sleep
else
@peterhost
peterhost / node_debian_init.sh
Created November 25, 2010 11:41
Daemon init script for node.js based app/server (DEBIAN/UBUNTU)
#!/bin/sh
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# SOME INFOS : fairly standard (debian) init script.
# Note that node doesn't create a PID file (hence --make-pidfile)
# has to be run in the background (hence --background)
# and NOT as root (hence --chuid)
#
# MORE INFOS : INIT SCRIPT http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#s-sysvinit
# INIT-INFO RULES http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts
# INSTALL/REMOVE http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/28