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In one of my previous articles I covered how you can copy objects in JavaScript. Copying an object is a pretty complicated endeavor, given that you would also have to be able to copy every other data type that could be in the object. But what if you're just copying...
Scott Robinson
The cURL utility is a command line program often bundled with Unix/Linux distributions and Mac OSX operating systems. It allows you to send just about any type of HTTP request via the command line, which is great for many things, ranging from posting data to a REST API to...
A very common task in programming, regardless of language, is to copy (or clone) an object by value, as opposed to copying by reference. The difference is that when copying by value, you then have two unrelated objects with the same value or data. Copying by reference means that you...
SSH, or Secure Shell, is a very common way to securely access remote machines, typically via the command line. It aims at ensuring that your connection, and therefore all data passed, is free from eavesdropping. Because of this, there are quite a few checks built-in to the popular SSH clients,...
If you've been working with Node.js for a while, I'm sure you're familiar with the importance of reading files. Whether you're building a web application, a utility script, or even a full-fledged Desktop app, reading files is an important part of a lot of projects. In some cases, you...
One of the nice things about Git is its flexibility, allowing you to perform just about any task on a source tree that you'd need. In this case I'm referring to cleaning up the history of a source tree by squashing commits. When you squash commits, you're combining 2 or...
If you've been using Git for any significant amount of time then you probably already know how to push your commits from a local branch to a remote repository. But, as you may be aware, Git doesn't just track commits, there are other objects/references as well, like tags. These...
If you've been writing JavaScript for even a short amount of time, you're probably still aware of how quickly the language is changing. Given all of these changes, that means there are also multiple ways to perform the same function. In this case I'm referring to looping over arrays using...
While I had initially thought that it's very rare for a remote repository to change location, it actually happens a lot more than I realized. A remote repo may change from one private server to another (like a NAS), from a personal GitHub repo to one in an organization, or...
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