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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:

1hr super challenge

Zero to hero in an hour — how far can you get?

Some of the worlds best open source projects are initally created in < 1 hr. They're inspired, often caffeine, sleep-deprived or just plain crazy-beans fueled ideas that couldn't be done in a day.

The right time, right place (A Friday afternoon) is the perfect time to pump out what could be a life changing project.

So, lets do something interesting: The lazy web 1hr hackaton.

Better local require() paths for Node.js

Problem

When the directory structure of your Node.js application (not library!) has some depth, you end up with a lot of annoying relative paths in your require calls like:

var Article = require('../../../models/article');

Those suck for maintenance and they're ugly.

Possible solutions

Capybara Actions

# Anchor
click_link 'Save'

# Button
click_button 'awesome'

# Both above

	#!/bin/bash

	CHANGED_FILES=`git diff origin/master...HEAD --name-only`

	node_modules/eslint/bin/eslint.js -f json $CHANGED_FILES --quiet \| node_modules/eslines/index.js --quiet
	if [[ $? != 0 ]] ; then
	echo "Fix style violations"
	exit 1
	fi
	echo "All changed files are good"

	var fs = require('fs'),
	PDFDocument = require('pdfkit'),
	async = require('async'),
	ColorThief = require('color-thief'),
	colorThief = new ColorThief();


	var bookWidth = 430;
	var bookHeight = 343;

	brew update
	brew cask install java
	brew cask install jce-unlimited-strength-policy
	export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8`

	<select name="state">
	<option value="ACT">Australian Capital Territory</option>
	<option value="NSW">New South Wales</option>
	<option value="NT ">Northern Territory</option>
	<option value="QLD">Queensland</option>
	<option value="SA ">South Australia</option>
	<option value="TAS">Tasmania</option>
	<option value="VIC">Victoria</option>
	<option value="WA ">Western Australia</option>
	</select>

	# Terminal Progress Indicators. Four examples are included: percentage,
	# spinner, progress bar, and combined. This script has been tested on
	# Mac OS X 10.8 with Ruby 1.8.7, 1.9.1, 1.9.2, and 1.9.3

	class Spinner
	include Enumerable
	def each
	loop do
	yield '\|'
	yield '/'

	int doubler(int x) {
	return 2 * x;
	}