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vesln/word

word - Functions that assist in working with strings. Node.js

word has the ability to do auto HTML links.  Could be a useful plug-in for jquery.cleditor.

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This is the engineering blog from the hackers at Wingify

This is a very good blog post.  We are not using WebDriverJs or Protractor, but, based on this post, maybe should be.  Patching expect to support promises seems very nice.  Wonder how that would interfere with TypeScript definitions

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Using SpecFlow and Selenium WebDriver for Cucumber-style BDD tests.

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Webinator is a c# library that provides a wrapper around WebDriver and WatiN, adds missing functionality (such as XPath support for WatiN), using a framework that makes it easy to add other browser automation tools as they become available.

Uses LINQ to DOM.  I am researching ways to make writing Selenium tests in C# more pleasant.

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See Google Code for actual source code: https://code.google.com/p/design-of-selenium-tests-for-asp-net/

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His team, from Britain, America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, “is really much smaller than you’d think — about 15. Most of us have worked together for 15 to 20 years.” That’s useful. “We can be bitterly critical of our work. The personal issues of ego have long since faded.” The large open-plan studio is, like most of Ive’s personal Apple products, all-white. A large wooden bench, like the Genius Bars in Apple Stores, is devoted to new products. At one end are a lot of CNCS — high-tech machines that are used to make prototypes. “Everyone I work with shares the same love of and respect for making,” he says.

TIME.com Interview: Jonathan Ive, Design Tomorrow

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The Amazing DevOps Transformation Of The HP LaserJet Firmware Team (Gary Gruver) - IT Revolution

Gary Gruver shares his amazing DevOps transformation of the entire HP LaserJet software pipeline, which improved lead times from 6 weeks to 24 hours.

There is also a book he wrote that covers this transformation:

A Practical Approach to Large-Scale Agile Development: How HP Transformed LaserJet FutureSmart Firmware

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Create a Rich Text editing experience that authors won’t avoid

Use good typography.  See https://www.readability.com/ and Smashing Magazine's Principles for  Readable Web Typography.

Allow full-screen mode for extended writing sessions.

Wrap long lines of text. Custom CSS styles can be applied to establish a width to wrap text.

Use the TAB key to indent lists.  Suggests only doing so when in full screen mode, to balance traditional web browser behavior of tabbing to move between form fields, and traditional document editing behavior of tabbing to indent.

Auto-save/auto-recovery to protect against expired sessions, weak or episodic connectivity, power interrupts, etc.

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ShopBob: Better Branding than Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom

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Simian (Similarity Analyser) identifies duplication in Java, C#, C, C++, COBOL, Ruby, JSP, ASP, HTML, XML, Visual Basic, Groovy source code and even plain text files. In fact, simian can be used on any human readable files such as ini files, deployment descriptors, you name it.

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I need to set-up a new 401k for my new consulting job.  Looking into going through Vanguard directly.  E-mail me if you have better suggestions.

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I am currently reading Eat This Book by Eugene Peterson.  My coworker Matt Moran mentioned he has been listening and reading Jeff Vanderstildt's stuff lately, and I have never heard of Jeff.  Matt gave me this link to check out.

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I am currently reading Eat This Book by Eugene Peterson.  My coworker Matt Moran mentioned he has been listening and reading Jeff Vanderstildt's stuff lately, and I have never heard of Jeff.  Matt gave me this link to check out.

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The author, Yin Zhu, works on the F# Optimization Domain Specific Language.

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