Mallik mallikvala

Installing Node.js with nvm to Linux & macOS

A quick guide on how to setup Node.js development environment.

Previous versions of these install instructions had been tested with:

The Ultimate Unit Testing Cheat-sheet

For Mocha, Chai and Sinon

using mocha/chai/sinon for node.js unit-tests? check out my utility: mocha-stirrer to easily reuse test components and mock require dependencies

Sinon Chai
Chai
Sinon
Mocha

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

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Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks

Custom recipe to get OS X 10.9 Mavericks running from scratch, setup applications and developer environment. I use this gist to keep track of the important software and steps required to have a functioning system after a semi-annual fresh install.

Install Software

The software selected is software that is "tried and true" --- software I need after any fresh install. I often install other software not listed here, but is handled in a case-by-case basis.

	import os
	import socket
	from OpenSSL import crypto, SSL

	# OpenVPN is fairly simple since it works on OpenSSL. The OpenVPN server contains
	# a root certificate authority that can sign sub-certificates. The certificates
	# have very little or no information on who they belong to besides a filename
	# and any required information. Everything else is omitted or blank.
	# The client certificate and private key are inserted into the .ovpn file
	# which contains some settins as well and the entire thing is then ready for

	/*
	* Node.js Sample Server with Restify
	* Copyright (C) 2014 - Thiago Uriel M. Garcia
	*
	* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
	* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
	* You may obtain a copy of the License at
	*
	* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
	*

	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
	<configuration>
	<system.webServer>
	<handlers>
	<add name="httpPlatformHandler" path="" verb="" modules="httpPlatformHandler" resourceType="Unspecified" />
	</handlers>
	<httpPlatform processPath="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
	arguments="-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Dserver.port=%HTTP_PLATFORM_PORT% -jar "%HOME%\site\wwwroot\gs-serving-web-content-0.1.0.jar"">
	</httpPlatform>
	</system.webServer>

	#!/bin/sh

	# check for where the latest version of IDEA is installed
	IDEA=`ls -1d /Applications/IntelliJ\ * \| tail -n1`
	wd=`pwd`
	# Setup your working directory. Edit 'work' to your working directory.
	working_dir=`ls -1d ~/work/$1 \| head -n1`

	# were we given a directory?
	if [ -d "$1" ]; then

	# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
	#
	# Description: This file holds all my BASH configurations and aliases
	#
	# Sections:
	# 1. Environment Configuration
	# 2. Make Terminal Better (remapping defaults and adding functionality)
	# 3. File and Folder Management
	# 4. Searching
	# 5. Process Management

	# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
	#
	# Description: This file holds all my BASH configurations and aliases.
	# Much of this was originally copied from:
	# http://natelandau.com/my-mac-osx-bash_profile/
	#
	# Sections:
	# 1. Environment Configuration
	# 2. Make Terminal Better (remapping defaults and adding functionality)
	# 3. File and Folder Management