February 4, 2019

Integrate Python/Ruby/PHP/shell with Node.js - Code with Hugo - Feb 4th 2019

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More JavaScript shenanigans this week:

The comprehensive guide to integrating a Python/Ruby/PHP/shell script from Node.js using child_process.spawn.

How to integrate any shell/executable with Node.js, gotchas and their workarounds. Example with a dummy Python script.

A settings snippet to disable VSCode autocomplete/IntelliSense: great for presenting

If you missed it

Reactive Streams/Observables are awesome, here’s an example of Better HTTP Polling in JavaScript with RxJS 5

Last week I gave a talk, here’s the write-up: Async JavaScript: history, patterns and gotchas.

I’m working on an “Everyday git pro cheatsheet”, so here’s something related: Split an existing git commit

From the web

How to disable autocompletion and intellisense in Microsoft Visual Studio Code, the place where I got the VSCode snippet in that gist above.

Buttons shouldn’t have a hand cursor

Data Structures for Coding Interviews