Thomas Babu thomasbabuj

Navigate to http://nodejs.org/download/ and on the Linux Binaries (.tar.gz) row click to download the 64-bit version of the current latest release.
Say you've downloaded node-v0.10.7-linux-x64.tar.gz into the Downloads directory. Then, open the terminal and type the following:

$ cd ~/Downloads
$ mkdir -p ~/local/node
$ tar xzf node-v0.10.7-linux-x64.tar.gz -C ~/local/node --strip-components=1
$ echo '# Node Enviroment Setup' >> ~/.bashrc
$ echo 'export PATH=$HOME/local/node/bin:$PATH' &gt;&gt; ~/.bashrc

Demo: ajax-handlebars

This repo's location has changed.

Setup Terminal for Sublime Shorcut "subl":

Open terminal and type:

1. Create a directory at ~/bin:

mkdir ~/bin

2. Copy sublime executable to your ~/bin directory:

Vagrant Setup

This tutorial guides you through creating your first Vagrant project.

We start with a generic Ubuntu VM, and use the Chef provisioning tool to:

install packages for vim, git
create user accounts, as specified in included JSON config files
install specified user dotfiles (.bashrc, .vimrc, etc) from a git repository

Afterwards, we'll see how easy it is to package our newly provisioned VM

This article has been given a more permanent home on my blog. Also, since it was first written, the development of the Promises/A+ specification has made the original emphasis on Promises/A seem somewhat outdated.

You're Missing the Point of Promises

Promises are a software abstraction that makes working with asynchronous operations much more pleasant. In the most basic definition, your code will move from continuation-passing style:

getTweetsFor("domenic", function (err, results) {
 // the rest of your code goes here.

	// Convert Excel dates into JS date objects
	//
	// @param excelDate {Number}
	// @return {Date}

	function getJsDateFromExcel(excelDate) {

	// JavaScript dates can be constructed by passing milliseconds
	// since the Unix epoch (January 1, 1970) example: new Date(12312512312);

	private boolean isServiceRunning() {
	ActivityManager manager = (ActivityManager) getSystemService(ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
	for (RunningServiceInfo service : manager.getRunningServices(Integer.MAX_VALUE)){
	if("com.example.MyNeatoIntentService".equals(service.service.getClassName())) {
	return true;
	}
	}
	return false;
	}

	package com.yourco.yourapp;

	import java.util.ArrayList;
	import java.util.List;

	import android.content.Context;
	import android.view.LayoutInflater;
	import android.view.View;
	import android.view.ViewGroup;
	import android.widget.BaseAdapter;

	// Wire up LCD as described here:
	// http://learn.adafruit.com/character-lcds/overview

	var five = require("johnny-five"),
	board, lcd;

	board = new five.Board();

	board.on("ready", function() {

	-- show running queries (pre 9.2)
	SELECT procpid, age(clock_timestamp(), query_start), usename, current_query
	FROM pg_stat_activity
	WHERE current_query != '<IDLE>' AND current_query NOT ILIKE '%pg_stat_activity%'
	ORDER BY query_start desc;

	-- show running queries (9.2)
	SELECT pid, age(clock_timestamp(), query_start), usename, query
	FROM pg_stat_activity
	WHERE query != '<IDLE>' AND query NOT ILIKE '%pg_stat_activity%'