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_mtron Show HN: Mr.Node – A JavaScript Library for Node.js Functions

What is the use case for this? When would I need to programmatically create a blank html file?

> It gives you access to everything Chrome dev tools do, plus so much more:

Can WebPageTest (I've never heard of this tool) reach pages that require authentication?

http://www.webpagetest.org/

_mtron Credit Karma Has Raised $175M on a Valuation of $3.5B

I signed up for CreditKarma too long ago to remember the process, but this is pretty standard for credit reporting services. I know Equifax, MyFICO, and the free annual government site do the same. In my experience the "You recently opened an auto loan..." questions are almost always answered with "none of the above".

_mtron The 'SimCity' Empire Has Fallen and 'Skylines' Is Picking Up the Pieces

I've put about 12 hours in on my late 2013 13" mbp. For a decently sized-city (10k+), there aren't noticeable performance issues at full-screen and mostly 'medium' display options. Your fans will get a workout and you get about 30 minutes of battery life off the charger, though.

_mtron Consistent use of double or single quotes in HTML

The first thing that came to mind when reading the title of this post was Google Fonts. Maybe this is validation that I need to write that Chrome extension that comes to mind every time I'm copying that snippet.

_mtron Ask HN: Is there a non-MVC Node.js framework?

> I can have a highly functional site in 10 minutes with Drupal, but node.js (express), Django, Rails, etc. all seem to take forever just to get something of minimal functional equivalence.

There's nothing about Express that enforces MVC and depending on your definition of 'highly functional' you can go from nothing to production in like 100 LOC with Express and npm.

Are you familiar at all with npm? There's a package or ten for everything.

_mtron Show HN: C#-to-JavaScript compiler powered by Microsoft Roslyn

> while writing C# sounds great to developers who already know C#, the differences between the C# source and the generated JS make debugging and maintenance difficult.

Isn't this solved with source maps?

> DuoCode automatically generates source mappings

_mtron All About Angular 2.0 (2014)

And 11 days later...

> Several months ago the general direction of Angular 2.0 began to change in critical ways. I found myself fundamentally at odds with certain aspects of the proposed design. Still, I tried to keep an open mind and explore the various possibilities. Unfortunately, I haven't been satisfied with how things have progressed since then. At this point, there are too many irreconcilable differences. The Angular that's being built is not the Angular I signed up to work on

http://eisenbergeffect.bluespire.com/leaving-angular

_mtron JQuery vs. AngularJS: A Comparison and Migration Walkthrough

> 1 Framework Comparison

jQuery is a library, not a framework!

_mtron You Don't Need JQuery

Surely you can expand on this story. What made using jQuery so painful?

_mtron “This” in JavaScript

Not mentioned are ES6's arrow functions that capture the `this` value of the enclosing context.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Refe...

_mtron Introducing Slide-to-Select

Yeah, seems like this would conflict with other gestures like scrolling or swiping.

_mtron [dead]

I don't know how Movieo is getting their artwork images, but if they're provided by a third-party API (Spotify's API provides album and artist images), then why not?

_mtron Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2014)

Location: Greensboro, NC

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: HTML/CSS, JS, Angular, jQuery, Node, some Ruby, PHP, C#

Resume: http://goo.gl/XVtVJj (Google Drive)

Email: tr@tylrr.io

Personal site: http://tylrr.io

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My current role is Senior Front-End Dev for a small SaaS-development group that recently went through an acquisition. I've spent that last year or so on bringing an Angular front-end to our dusty old MVC2 app. I love working across the full stack but my professional experience is definitely skewed towards the client-side. Ideally, I'm looking for a position where I can branch out some and get more experience working with back-end technologies. I'm also open to senior-level front-end positions where I can get back to working with a small, focused team.

(No recruiters, please)

_mtron Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2014)

Location: Greensboro, NC

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: HTML/CSS, JS, Angular, jQuery, Node, some Ruby, PHP, C#

Resume: http://goo.gl/XVtVJj (Google Drive)

Email: tr@tylrr.io

Personal site: http://tylrr.io

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My current role is Senior Front-End Dev for a small SaaS-development group that recently went through an acquisition. I've spent that last year or so on bringing an Angular front-end to our dusty old MVC2 app. I love working across the full stack but my professional experience is definitely skewed towards the client-side. Ideally, I'm looking for a position where I can branch out some and get more experience working with back-end technologies. I'm also open to senior-level front-end positions where I can get back to working with a small, focused team.

_mtron Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2014)

Location: Greensboro, NC

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes, east coast

Technologies: HTML/CSS, JS, Angular, jQuery, Node, some Ruby, PHP, C#

Resume: http://goo.gl/XVtVJj (Google Drive)

Email: tr@tylrr.io

Personal site: http://tylrr.io

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My current role is Senior Front-End Dev for a small SaaS-development group that recently went through an acquisition. I've spent that last year or so on bringing an Angular front-end to our dusty old MVC2 app.

I love working across the full stack but my professional experience is definitely skewed towards the client-side.

Ideally, I'm looking for a position where I can branch out some and get more experience working with back-end technologies. I'm also open to senior-level front-end positions where I can get back to working with a small, focused team.

_mtron Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2014)

Location: Greensboro, NC

Remote: yes

Willing to relocate: Yes, east coast

Technologies: HTML/CSS, JS, Angular, jQuery, Node, some Ruby, PHP, C#

Resume: http://goo.gl/XVtVJj (Google Drive)

Email: tyler dot rash at gmail dot com

Personal site: http://tylrr.io

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Front-end developer with a wide range of experience. Recently promoted to a senior position at Megacorp, Inc. but looking for a spot where I can work with a small, focused team.

_mtron Show HN: Cold Call Manager

Way too much animation. I shouldn't have to wait 10 seconds for all the content on a landing page to Powerpoint its way onto the screen.

_mtron Best Web Frameworks

For Javascript, at least, the comparison chart essentially useless. AngularJS isn't included? jQuery and Underscore and Backbone are comparable libraries?

_mtron Evil.js: A JavaScript library for thwarting hot-linkers

Because, of course, NaN != NaN

_mtron Ghost Blogging Software ported to PHP

This is a really weird approach to asking for support for an OSS project. Bad vibes with this one.

_mtron The complete guide to centering a div

> This feature has been removed from the Web. Though some browsers may still support it, it is in the process of being dropped. Do not use it in old or new projects. Pages or Web apps using it may break at any time.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ce...

_mtron The complete guide to centering a div

DRY, though, right? Changing one set of CSS rules is better than hunting down 20 <center> elements when requirements change. Not to mention <center> is deprecated.

_mtron The complete guide to centering a div

Using display: table-cell on a div is a more semantic approach than using <table>.

_mtron CSS 'frameworks' are missing the point (2008)

Completely invalid advice in 2014. LESS and SASS now provide everything that CSS "can't do" in this answer.

_mtron Font Awesome 4 released

"Designed for" isn't "requires". It was designed to be compatible with Bootstrap, but that doesn't preclude it from playing nice with other frameworks.

_mtron Why I Built an AngularJS Training Site on Rails

Nice. If you're not already familiar with Restangular, be sure to check it out: https://github.com/mgonto/restangular

I tried rolling my own Angular API service, and it was a great learning experience, but Restangular trumps any vanilla service I could roll.

_mtron Why I Built an AngularJS Training Site on Rails

This isn't a full-blown example, but AngularJS works phenomenally as an interaction layer on top of a REST API. Creating such an API with Rails is almost trivial. Postgres + Rails + AngularJS (via Bower) has become my go-to stack and is an absolute blast to develop with.