James Cox-Morton th3james

th3james / gist:8826662

Last active August 29, 2015 13:56

A basic Mocha Unit test

	suite("Metric");

	test(".getDataLabels returns all data epochs as human readable dates", function() {
	var labels, metric;
	metric = new Metric({
	data: [
	{ date: 1388793600 },
	{ date: 1391472000 }
	]
	});

th3james / gist:8825392

Last active August 29, 2015 13:56

Mocha Client Testing setup

	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html lang="en">
	<head>
	<meta charset="utf-8" />
	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />

	<link rel="stylesheet" href="/js/test_libs/css/mocha.css">

	<title>Client Tests</title>
	</head>

th3james / post_controller

Last active December 11, 2015 01:39

Backbone Diorama Example prototype

	class Backbone.Controllers.PostsController extends Backbone.Diorama.Controller
	constructor: ->
	@mainRegion = new Backbone.Diorama.ManagedRegion()
	$('body').append(@mainRegion.$el)

	# Start state
	@index()

	index: =>
	postCollection = new Backbone.Collection.PostCollection()

th3james / gist:2952921

Created June 19, 2012 08:08

vim_rc 06/12

	" Somewhat copied from https://github.com/spf13/spf13-vim/blob/master/.vimrc
	set nocompatible " We're running Vim, not Vi!
	call pathogen#runtime_append_all_bundles() " add pathogen

	" UI stuff
	syntax on " Enable syntax highlighting
	set background=dark " Assume a dark background
	color ir_black

	set backspace=indent,eol,start " backspace for dummys

th3james / gist:2558102

Created April 30, 2012 12:57

Postgres != slowness

	# Crazy Slow
	UPDATE protected_areas SET criteria = 'Not Applicable' WHERE designation_id != 5;

	# Near instant
	UPDATE protected_areas SET criteria = 'Not Applicable'
	FROM protected_areas AS pa
	LEFT OUTER JOIN designations ON pa.designation_id = designations.id
	WHERE designations.id = 5 AND pa.designation_id = NULL;

th3james / gist:1214638

Created September 13, 2011 18:39

	typeof(some_var) // returns 'undefined'
	//Therefore, the correct way in javascript to check if a variable has a value is:
	typeof some_var === 'undefined'

th3james / gist:1214625

Created September 13, 2011 18:34

undefined = "don't ever do this";

th3james / gist:1214616

Created September 13, 2011 18:33

if (some_var === undefined)

th3james / gist:1214606

Created September 13, 2011 18:30

th3james / gist:1214594

Created September 13, 2011 18:27