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@briancavalier
briancavalier / simple-promise-retry.js
Created February 24, 2011 18:35
A few general patterns for retries using promises
function keepTrying(otherArgs, promise) {
promise = promise||new Promise();
// try doing the important thing
if(success) {
promise.resolve(result);
} else {
setTimeout(function() {
keepTrying(otherArgs, promise);
@mhawksey
mhawksey / gist:1170597
Created August 25, 2011 13:02
Google Apps Script to fill in a Document template with Spreadsheet data
function onOpen() {
var menuEntries = [ {name: "Create Diary Doc from Sheet", functionName: "createDocFromSheet"}];
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
ss.addMenu("Fitness Diaries", menuEntries);
}
function createDocFromSheet(){
var templateid = "1O4afl8SZmMxMFpAiN16VZIddJDaFdeRBbFyBtJvepwM"; // get template file id
var FOLDER_NAME = "Fitness Diaries"; // folder name of where to put completed diaries
// get the data from an individual user
@robflaherty
robflaherty / csv-to-json.php
Created September 1, 2011 02:26
Convert CSV to JSON
<?php
/*
* Converts CSV to JSON
* Example uses Google Spreadsheet CSV feed
* csvToArray function I think I found on php.net
*/
header('Content-type: application/json');
// Set your CSV feed
@earthgecko
earthgecko / bash.generate.random.alphanumeric.string.sh
Last active March 13, 2025 12:34
shell/bash generate random alphanumeric string
#!/bin/bash
# bash generate random alphanumeric string
#
# bash generate random 32 character alphanumeric string (upper and lowercase) and
NEW_UUID=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1)
# bash generate random 32 character alphanumeric string (lowercase only)
cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-z0-9' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1
@sekati
sekati / xcode-build-bump.sh
Created July 24, 2012 20:44
Xcode Auto-increment Build & Version Numbers
# xcode-build-bump.sh
# @desc Auto-increment the build number every time the project is run.
# @usage
# 1. Select: your Target in Xcode
# 2. Select: Build Phases Tab
# 3. Select: Add Build Phase -> Add Run Script
# 4. Paste code below in to new "Run Script" section
# 5. Drag the "Run Script" below "Link Binaries With Libraries"
# 6. Insure that your starting build number is set to a whole integer and not a float (e.g. 1, not 1.0)
@anantn
anantn / firebase_snapshot_parent.js
Last active April 14, 2021 15:29
Firebase: Get the parent of a snapshot.
function getParent(snapshot) {
// You can get the reference (A Firebase object) from a snapshot
// using .ref().
var ref = snapshot.ref();
// Now simply find the parent and return the name.
return ref.parent().name();
}
var testRef = new Firebase("https://example.firebaseIO-demo.com/foo/bar");
testRef.once("value", function(snapshot) {
@jasondmoss
jasondmoss / blankRename.sh
Last active December 21, 2017 15:47
Bash: Replace blank spaces with underscore for file(s) in current directory.
###
## Replace blank spaces with underscore for file(s) in current directory
###
function blankRename() {
ONE=1 # For getting singular/plural right
number=0 # Keeps track of how many files actually renamed
FOUND=0 # Successful return value
# Traverse all files in directory
@Integralist
Integralist / GitHub curl.sh
Last active February 6, 2025 20:47 — forked from madrobby/gist:9476733
Download a single file from a private GitHub repo. You'll need an access token as described in this GitHub Help article: https://help.github.com/articles/creating-an-access-token-for-command-line-use
curl --header 'Authorization: token INSERTACCESSTOKENHERE' \
--header 'Accept: application/vnd.github.v3.raw' \
--remote-name \
--location https://api.github.com/repos/owner/repo/contents/path
# Example...
TOKEN="INSERTACCESSTOKENHERE"
OWNER="BBC-News"
REPO="responsive-news"
@qinshulei
qinshulei / ConvertAndroidVectorDrawable2png.md
Last active September 20, 2022 07:29
Convert Android VectorDrawable to png

转换方法:

  1. Convert Android VectorDrawable to SVG:

使用附件中的java程序。命令如下:

cp Vector2Svg.java path/to/xml_dir
javac Vector2Svg.java
java Vector2Svg ./*.xml
mkdir svg_dir
@YuMS
YuMS / update-git.sh
Created June 29, 2016 09:28
Update git to latest version on Ubuntu
#!/bin/bash
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:git-core/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git -y