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torsday / string_ext.rb

Created April 13, 2013 23:31 — forked from ChuckJHardySnippets/string_ext.rb

	class String
	def to_bool
	return true if self == true \|\| self =~ (/(true\|t\|yes\|y\|1)$/i)
	return false if self == false \|\| self.blank? \|\| self =~ (/(false\|f\|no\|n\|0)$/i)
	raise ArgumentError.new("invalid value for Boolean: \"#{self}\"")
	end
	end

torsday / application.js

Last active December 16, 2015 14:20 — forked from dbc-challenges/lucky_ajax.md

	$(document).ready(function () {

	// PSEUDO-CODE:
	// 1- intercept the form submission event using jQuery
	// 2- prevent the default action for that event from happening
	// 3- generate a random number between 1 and 6 using JavaScript
	// 4- use jQuery to submit an AJAX post to the form's action
	// 5- when the AJAX post is done, replace the contents of the "#die" DIV in the DOM using jQuery
	$('form').on('submit', function(e){
	e.preventDefault();

torsday / index.html

Last active December 16, 2015 21:59 — forked from dbc-challenges/index.html

DBC Phase 2 Practice Assessment Part 3

	<!doctype html>
	<html>

	<head>
	<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.jsdelivr.net/normalize/2.1.0/normalize.css">
	<link rel="stylesheet" href="main.css">
	<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300,400,600,700,800">
	<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato:100,900">
	<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/3.0.2/css/font-awesome.min.css">
	</head>

torsday / zoo.js

Last active December 16, 2015 21:59 — forked from dbc-challenges/zoo.js

	//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
	// YOUR CODE: Create your Zoo "object literal" and Animal "constructor" and "prototypes" here.
	//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


	function Animal (name, length) {
	this.name = name;
	this.length = length;
	}

torsday / testing with rspec.md

Last active December 17, 2015 08:29 — forked from ndelage/testing with rspec.md

Testing with RSpec

Definitions

General Testing

TDD Test Driven Development. Write examples before implementation.
BDD Behaviour-Driven Development is about implementing an application by describing its behavior from the perspective of its stakeholders. (The Rspec Book)
RSpec (mention alternatives, write a simple hand sewn test)

torsday / instructions.md

Last active August 29, 2015 13:58 — forked from EricDykstra/instructions.md

Knapsack Problem

You've just been hired by a SF tech company that is looking to expand operations into new cities. Your first task: launch Salt Lake City. To launch into a new city of this size...

You need to hire

1 general manager
3 salespeople
2 customer support agents
1 office manager

torsday / 0_reuse_code.js

Last active August 29, 2015 14:11

Here are some things you can do with Gists in GistBox.

	// Use Gists to store code you would like to remember later on
	console.log(window); // log the "window" object to the console