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Git Undo Last Commit
I'm a massive fan of git; it's super powerful and easy to use, especially when it comes to branching. The biggest sin I commit when using git is adding files and then committing them...to
master
branch instead of a feature branch. Oops. Certainly don't want that. If you've done agit...
Get and Set Nested Objects with JavaScript
Back when JavaScript frameworks like MooTools and jQuery ruled the land we all wrote tutorials which were framed more toward the given framework instead of vanilla JavaScript. Sad but true. These days I avoid framework-oriented posts since Node.js has taken over the world and JavaScript toolkits come and...
The Complete Web Developer Course with Rails Online Training Program – 92% off!
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Get and Set Environment Variables in Node.js
One of the best ways to use sensitive information in open source repositories without hard-coding the information within publicly available repositories is setting environment variables. Set the environment variables on the server, retrieve them by key within your application. When using Node.js, you can retrieve environment variables by key from the
process.env
object: There...Recommended Tools, Services, and Resources for Designers
This listing of recommended themes and website, page, and app builders, and related services and resources, will hopefully save you some search time. Every item featured here is among the best in its class, so you really can't make a wrong decision if what you choose...
Intercept HTTP Requests with Node.js nock
Unit testing external APIs is difficult no matter what language you do it in. Hell, working with any external API is scary, if only because you have zero control of networking issues, API changes, and a host of other issues. But if you do create a service...
Introducing Frontend Masters (with Giveaway)
Hey DWB readers, I'm super happy to sponsor this blog. I've been a long-time reader and fan, since back when David wrote about JavaScript and MooTools back in 2007. ;-) We are in one of the fastest changing, evolving, most lively communities on earth: JavaScript and front-end web...
Get Node.js Command Line Arguments with yargs
Using command line arguments within Node.js apps is par for the course, especially when you're like me and you use JavaScript to code tasks (instead of bash scripts). Node.js provides
process.argv
but that doesn't provide akey: value
object like you'd expect: Bleh. If you want to work with a...O’Reilly Velocity Conference – New York
My favorite front-end conference has always been O'Reilly's Velocity Conference because the conference series has focused on one of the most undervalued parts of client side coding: speed. So often we're so excited that our JavaScript works that we forget that speed, efficiency, and performance are just as important. The next Velocity...
Free Download: Font Bundle Featuring 17 Incredible Typefaces
The only thing we love more than a good font, is a good free font. So we've combed the Web for some of our favorite free fonts, and gathered them here in a single download. You'll find a variety of useful typefaces, from highly geometric designs...