Launch of GhostDriver and blog post explaining it #phantomjs #selenium #webkit #javascript #watir #automation #webdriver #pub

"The way to check that is is actually visible is to check a JavaScript property ‘naturalWidth’ is greater than 0. b = Watir::Browser.new :firefox b.goto 'https://dl.dropbox.com/u/18859962/brokenimage.html' puts b.execute_script("return (typeof arguments[0].naturalWidth!=\"undefined\" && arguments[0].naturalWidth>0)", b.image(id: 'watermelon'))" _Reference for self for how to call javascript from watir. This shows you use execute_script_ #watir #webdriver #javascript #automation #tip #pub

#linkbait #tools #idea #javascript #MFA #ugly #pub

"HabitRPG is a habit tracker app which treats your goals like a Role Playing Game. Level up as you succeed, lose HP as you fail, earn money to buy weapons and armor. Read more. The project is open source, and is live." #gamification #open_source #geeky #bootstrap_layout #kickstarter #coffeescript #javascript #games #pub

"Syte is a really simple but powerful packaged personal site that has social integrations like Twitter, GitHub, Dribbble, Instagram, Foursquare, Tumblr, Wordpress, Last.fm, SoundCloud, Bitbucket, StackOverflow, Flickr and Steam. You can see it in action on my personal site." #aggregation #life_aggregation #web_2.0 #open_source #javascript #python #pub

"Socialite provides a very easy way to implement and activate a plethora of social sharing buttons — any time you wish. On document load, on article hover, on any event! If you're selling your soul, you may as well do it asynchronously. Socialite won't cause document rendering to hang while waiting for 50kb of social media. Features and Benefits No dependencies to use. Loads external resources only when needed. Less than 5kb when minified and compressed. More accessible and styleable defaults/fallbacks. Support for Twitter, Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Spotify. Extensible with other social networks. Mimics native implementation when activated. Supported in all browsers (providing the buttons are)." #web_development #Javascript #open_source #social_media #buttons #sharing #asynchronously #pub

"Integrate socialite.js into Ruby on Rails. check http://socialitejs.com/} The javascript source is vendorized in a seperate gem called socialite_js-source Use that if you want the javascript files and want to integrate yourself Doing that will save you from managing the javascript files manually Add this line to your application's Gemfile: gem 'socialite_js'" #Javascript #gems #ruby #wrappers #social_media #buttons #sharing #rails #pub

Less popular than Jekyll. The sites that use this are pretty damn sexy (though all look pretty similar) #ruby #gems #static_site_generators #sexy #Javascript #open_source #pub

"Teabag is a Javascript test runner built on top of Rails. It can run tests in the browser, or headlessly using PhantomJS or with Selenium WebDriver. It's objective is to be the simplest, while also being the most complete Javascript testing solution for Rails. It takes full advantage of the asset pipeline and ships with support for Jasmine, Mocha, QUnit, and (experiementally) Angular. Ok, another Javascript test runner, right? Really? Yeah, that's tough, but we're pretty confident Teabag is one of the nicest and most full featured you'll find at the moment. And if you disagree, let us know and we'll probably fix whatever it is that you didn't like. Feedback, ideas and pull requests are always welcome, or you can hit us up on Twitter @modeset_. If you'd like to use Teabag with Guard, check out the guard-teabag project." #github #repos #stars #Javascript #testing #headless #rails #ruby #phantomjs #webdrivers #pub

Can run this off Heroku and compatible with Fever's API (so will work with apps like Reeder) #google_reader #feed_readers #APIs #self-hosted #heroku #ruby #Javascript #open_source #pub

"Meteor is an open-source platform for building top-quality web apps in a fraction of the time, whether you're an expert developer or just getting started" #from:Windows_Phone #Javascript #frameworks #Ajax #asynchronous #pub

"is a feature rich testing framework for meteor. With laika you can simply write test with interacting with both server and client(s)" #from:Windows_Phone #Javascript #frameworks #testing #user_testing #pub

"Bookmarklets are free tools to help with repetitive or otherwise impossible tasks in your web browser" #resources #lists #search #@action #Firefox #search_engines #web #tools #browsers #extensions #bookmarklets #Javascript #geeky #pub

"jsonip.com is a free utility service that returns a client's IP address in a JSON object with support for JSONP, CORS, and direct requests. It serves millions of requests each day for websites, servers, mobile devices and more from all around the world. jsonip has been in service since November 2010. The basic service has always been free, supports unlimited requests, and will remain so into the future. IPv6 is coming soon. Going further with Pro With the new Pro service, you get special features and even more information about your users: IP address SSL access IP geo location - Country and city to within best available accuracy ISP Info Time zone data Full referer data Browser and OS info Unlimited requests (same as free basic service) JSONP (same as free) CORS (same as free) Pricing $20 USD per month Worldwide availability at launch" #pricey #simple #SaaS #ideas #copy #json #Javascript #monthly #B2B #pub

"jsonip.com is a free utility service that returns a client's IP address in a JSON object with support for JSONP, CORS, and direct requests. It serves millions of requests each day for websites, servers, mobile devices and more from all around the world. jsonip has been in service since November 2010." #free #javascript #json #ip_addresses #simple #ideas #copy #linkbait #web_tools #pub

"Create new websites by modifying existing ones." "TOMODO is a platform that allows you to pick any website and make changes to it. The modified website is available under a new URL for anyone to use. Our technology acts as a real time proxy between the browser and the original website. Everything happens on the fly – no scraping and no data saved on our servers." "Well, Greasemonkey is awesome, but in order to use it you have to install the browser plugin, and then install the scripts. Plus it doesn’t support platforms like iPad or android, and doesn’t work with different browsers. TOMODO is like Greasemonkey on steroids – seamless and without installing anything. Sure! We even support the Greasemonkey API; just copy & paste your script to the TOMODO editor." "Can I attach a domain of my choice to the modified site? Sure." #interesting #unique #linkbait #ideas #Javascript #startups #pub

#productivity #Javascript #blog_posts #to_the_point #pub

"Backbone and Ember Picking a client side MVC framework isn't easy, and seeing a trivial Todo app just doesn't show how much these frameworks bring to the table. In this workshop, we'll dive into two popular frameworks: Backbone.js and Ember. We'll cover the features of each framework and dig in with code examples and labs that give you a solid understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of each. After completing this workshop, you should be armed to the teeth with the knowledge you need to pick the best framework for your next rich client web app." #paid #monthly #javascript #backbone #ember #courses #videos #lectures #price:$100 #web_development #pub

"An unofficial, hacked-together cost-estimator for Amazon Glacier." #aws #glacier #calculators #open_source #ideas #linkbait #simple #Javascript #angular #pub

"Fitotastic is a collection of helpers for Fitocracy" #Fitocracy #Javascript #opensource #pub

" TypeScript is a language for application-scale JavaScript development. TypeScript is a typed superset of JavaScript that compiles to plain JavaScript. Any browser. Any host. Any OS. Open Source." #Javascript #compiling #nodejs #wrappers #pub

"Personable Personable is a personal API service that everybody can use. Inspired by Joshua Beckman's Personal API(http://www.bckmn.com/blog/how-to-access-my-personal-api), I wanted to put something together that everybody could have, quickly and easily, and without too much headache. Personable is written in Python/Django, Angular and Bootstrap." #python #geeky #javascript #@to_do #APIs #quantified_self #personal_APIs #@to_check_out #Django #interesting #open_source #suggestions #pub

#@to_use #APIs #free #fun #interesting #javascript #open_source #personal_APIs #python #pub