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Syncing Data With Firebase Using Ionic Framework

$scope.list = function() { fbAuth = fb.getAuth(); if(fbAuth) { var sync = $firebase(fb.child(“users/” + fbAuth.uid)); var syncObject = sync.$asObject(); syncObject.$bindTo($scope, “data”); } } Once syncObject is bound to $scope.data, which is provided by AngularFire, data will be synchronized consistently in three ways (UI, $scope.data, and Firebase): Calling $scope.data.todos.push({title: result}); will update the UI and also …

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Chrome Extension: Video Speed Controller

Speed up, slow down, and rewind any HTML5 video with quick shortcuts. HTML5 video provides native APIs to accelerate playback of any video, but most implemented players either hide or limit this functionality. This extension fixes that, plus more… Because time is money 😉 Video Speed Controller →

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MapIt – Map geographical points to administrative areas

MapIt is useful for anyone who has the co-ordinates of a point on Earth, and who needs to find out what country, region, city, constituency, or state it lies within. It’s also great for looking up the shapes of all those boundaries. Above is a screenshot using the coordinates of my hometown Deinze. Data also …

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SWAPI — The Star Wars API

$ curl -X GET http://swapi.co/api/people/1/ { "name": "Luke Skywalker", "height": "1.72 m", "mass": "77 Kg", "hair_color": "Blond", "skin_color": "Caucasian", "eye_color": "Blue", "birth_year": "19 BBY", "gender": "Male", "homeworld": "http://swapi.co/api/planets/1/", "films": [ "http://swapi.co/api/films/1/", "http://swapi.co/api/films/2/", "http://swapi.co/api/films/3/" ], "species": [ "http://swapi.co/api/species/1/" ], "vehicles": [ "http://swapi.co/api/vehicles/14/", "http://swapi.co/api/vehicles/30/" ], "starships": [ "http://swapi.co/api/starships/12/", "http://swapi.co/api/starships/22/" ], "created": "2014-12-09T13:50:51.644000Z", "edited": "2014-12-10T13:52:43.172000Z", "url": "http://swapi.co/api/people/1/" } …

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Don’t delay worldwide releases

To anyone involved with The Interview: I really don’t get it how you could screw this up. You had global attention. Everybody wanted to see your movie. You had a perfect 10 on IMDB for a while. You eventually decided to release it online. Everybody got excited. And then you decided to limit the online …

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PHP 7: Immediately Invoked Function Expressions

PHP7 will continue to borrow some of the beloved JavaScript features and will support Immediately Invoked Function Expressions (IIFEs): <?php echo (function() { return 42; })(); Output for php7@20140901 – 20141101: 42 Since we can already return functions from inside other functions, Currying Partial Application is also possible in combination with the IIFE implementation: <?php …

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AWS Resource APIs for PHP

<?php require 'vendor/autoload.php'; use Aws\Resource\Aws; $aws = new Aws([ 'region' => 'us-west-2', 'version' => 'latest', 'profile' => 'your-credential-profile', ]); $bucket = $aws->s3->bucket('your-bucket'); $object = $bucket->putObject([ 'Key' => 'images/image001.jpg', 'Body' => fopen('/path/to/image.jpg', 'r'), ]); The core AWS SDK for PHP is composed of service client objects that have methods corresponding 1-to-1 with operations in the service’s …

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Blackfire Profiler

Blackfire Profiler automatically instruments your code to gather data about consumed server resources like memory, CPU time, and I/O. But Blackfire Profiler is more than figures; its interactive Callgraphs make it straightforward to find bottlenecks and improve performance. Moreover, profile comparisons let you understand the impact of your changes. Blackfire Profiler — Fire up your …

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PHP Roave Security Advisories

$ composer require roave/security-advisories:dev-master $ # following commands will fail: $ composer require symfony/symfony:2.5.2 $ composer require zendframework/zendframework:2.3.1 This package ensures that your PHP application doesn’t have installed dependencies with known security vulnerabilities. This package does not provide any API or usable classes: its only purpose is to prevent installation of software with known and …

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