edavis

Use Dropbox as a git remote ... the right way

desandro

( function( window, undefined ) {

'use strict';

// helper function
function capitalize( str ) {
  return str.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + str.slice(1);
}

// ========================= getStyleProperty by kangax ===============================

defunctzombie

The spec has moved to a repo: https://github.com/defunctzombie/package-browser-field-spec to facilitate collaboration.

dergachev

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

mduvall

var generateRandomBoxes = function() {
  var $doc = $(".container");
  var $bareBox = $("<div class='box' style='position:absolute; border:1px solid black; width:50px;'></div>");
  var maxHeight = 200;
  var height,
      $box;
 
  for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
    height = Math.floor(Math.random() * maxHeight); 
    $box = $bareBox.clone().css('height', height + 'px')

creationix

// A streaming byte oriented JSON parser.  Feed it a single byte at a time and
// it will emit complete objects as it comes across them.  Whitespace within and
// between objects is ignored.  This means it can parse newline delimited JSON.
function jsonMachine(emit, next) {
  next = next || $value;
  return $value;
  
  function $value(byte) {
    if (!byte) return;
    if (byte === 0x09 || byte === 0x0a || byte === 0x0d || byte === 0x20) {

creationix

Generators vs Fibers

Both ES6 generators and node-fibers can be used to block a coroutine while waiting on some I/O without blocking the entire process. Both can do this for arbitrarily deep call stacks. The main difference between the capabilities of the two is how explicit the syntax is.

Generators - Safe, but Explicit

In code that uses ES6 generators:

var run = require('gen-run'); // https://github.com/creationix/gen-run

kerryrodden

license: apache-2.0

ericboehs

module Capybara::Poltergeist
  class Client
    private
    def redirect_stdout(to)
      prev = STDOUT.dup
      prev.autoclose = false
      $stdout = to
      STDOUT.reopen(to)

      prev = STDERR.dup

Raynos

Virtual DOM and diffing algorithm

There was a [great article][1] about how react implements it's virtual DOM. There are some really interesting ideas in there but they are deeply buried in the implementation of the React framework.

However, it's possible to implement just the virtual DOM and diff algorithm on it's own as a set of independent modules.