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AngularJS: $digest loop when filtering array of objects
Posted on February 8, 2016 1 Comment
Ran into trouble trying to use a filter to sort an array of objects in AngularJS. Basic issue is because the array of objects is passed to the filter by reference. This is not unique to AngularJS, javascript always passed arrays by reference. Since AngularJS watches for changes in the array the sort will fire […]
Implementing Google OAuth in JSFiddle
Posted on October 19, 2015 2 Comments
The implementation of Google OAuth for use with there API’s are simple with there API Client Library for JavaScript, if you are developing a normal webpage. If you want the functionality in a JSFiddle it’s a little more complex for several reasons. I have put together a demo on JSFiddle that shows how it can […]
Embed image in HTML code
Posted on October 12, 2015 Leave a Comment
You can embed images straight into HTML code without loading a separate image file. This is called data URL and is a base 64 encoded representation of the actual image file. You can more or less embed what ever data you like this way but the only implementations I have seen so far is with images. […]
Easiest way to embed assembly’s into your executables
Posted on September 3, 2015 Leave a Comment
I usually write a lot of command line tools for different quick fixes. Distributing them to clients with a lot of attached DLL files are not always the best. They get copied around different servers and sooner or later someone runs them without the proper DLL files present. For quick and dirty tools there might […]
Webmatrix 3: Access dev site from other device
Posted on January 9, 2015 Leave a Comment
Webmatrix 3 is a free tool by Microsoft for web development. It supports a range of languages, frameworks and CMS like WordPress for instance. It automates the process of installing frameworks, compilers and database backends. It will quickly setup a development environment on your computer so you can start develop. Lately I have been using it […]
Facebook API login flow for desktop application
Posted on November 11, 2014 26 Comments
When developing desktop applications that interacts with Facebook you have to implement the login flow your self. After the login flow completes you can use the normal Facebook SDK libraries by supplying it with the access token your received. When implementing the login flow you have to make sure that you receive the access you […]
Python: Remove querystring from URL
Posted on February 1, 2014 3 Comments
Needed to clean an URL from it’s querystring in Python. Found a lot of examples telling me to use urlparse and then put all the bits and pieces back together. An easier and more efficient way is this: [py]url = ‘http://www.hackviking.com/?var=value’ url = url[:url.find(‘?’)][/py] url now reads ‘http://www.hackviking.com/’
.Net C#: Webbrowser control print line break
Posted on January 16, 2014 Leave a Comment
I was updating an old project for a client today. I needed to print a simple list and figured that the easiest way should be to format the data in HTML. Most developers out there has built webpages now days and we all know that it is a quick way to format the information and […]
Google Picasa API Python: Developers Guide
Posted on October 30, 2013 Leave a Comment
Before you ask… Yes I struggled with the title of this post, but give me a break it’s 4:30 am here! 🙂 I’m currently developing in python for Google App Engine and are using the Picasa API. I found this great guide from Google with exampels: https://developers.google.com/picasa-web/docs/1.0/developers_guide_python It’s far from complete but the examples pushes me in […]
Python: Get user info after oauth
Posted on October 21, 2013 6 Comments
Building webapps with Google APIs are pretty straight forward for the most part. Specially when using the Google API Client Libraries! But if you want to accomplish something that are outside of all the nice tutorials that Google supply us with it get’s trickier! Being a C# programmer for many years I have noticed that […]
