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Just a quick tip to find your sublime text 2 current path. If you ever find yourself writing a sublime plugin and want to get the current path, DO NOT use os.getcwd , it just doesn’t work, and returns your system32 windows path. Instead, you should use the following method supplied by the sublime api to get the path to the packages folder, and then append to it the name of your package, and you’re good to go:   hope this spares some hours of frustration.

We were first place winners in mashroo3i this year (2012). It was the contest’s first year version. As previous winners, here are some motivational points for you to encourage you to participate next year. It’s totally worth it 1. It’s more than just a contest If you’re gonna join mashroo3i because you want to win the contest, don’t participate. Mashroo3i is more than just a contest. It’s a whole new experience. It’s something that you don’t get exposed to everyday. We usually see successful companies Around us and wonder how they did it all. Well now you get to try “starting” … [Read More→]

update we won first place in the contest!!!!!! We bought the trophies home with us! I quit my job last week. You’re probably wondering: did I even get a job in the first place? Actually yes. I had a job as a JavaScript programmer for a telecom company, but they also had me do some PHP later on. Work was fun!!!!!! And you probably wonder again : why did I quit after a month? Why did I quit my job! Well several reasons. And that’s exactly what this post is about 1- working for somebody Working under someone might have its … [Read More→]

For some reason, I wanted to transfer files from a remote machine using SSH. I wanted to use the default SSH client that comes with Ubuntu , which is openSSH. Actually, to transfer files between two machines, BOTH machines should have an SSH server program (I think), and ofcourse, at least one should have an SSH client. A part of the file transfer command got me confused, so i’m sharing this with you. 1 – Connecting to remote host The first step is of course, connecting to the remote host. Go ahead and type the following command: and ofcourse, enter the … [Read More→]

Why? I’m not an expert JS coder/frontend engineer, but I’d love to be one someday. Maybe for some smaller programs, modular programs with split apart functions might work. But alas, this may not be the case in larger scale programs. I noticed this while working on my senior project. Things may be nice and good on the small scale, but as they get larger, it gets less nice. It doesn’t get nice at all. The problem is that sometimes one writes functions that have nothing to do with the overall program, but act like “helper” functions to other functions … or … [Read More→]

We must ask ourselves this question. What is meant by the term open source? Is all free software ($0) considered open source? Why can’t we just call it free software then? According to Wikipedia: “The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product’s source materials. “ Meaning? Well it means that any piece of software that allows you to take a look at the source code, and use parts of it in your own software is considered open source. Makes sense. So apparently, open source has nothing to do with cost. You can … [Read More→]