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Force an object to evaluate to false

I'm guessing this is probably application specific however I am using node.js - as long as it works in the v8 engine, I don't mind. I'm trying to create an Object that evaluates to false, for ...
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Node.js handling response from http request

I have some code as follows: exports.post = function(request, response) { var httpRequest = require('request'); var uri = "url.."; httpRequest(uri, function(err, responseHeaders, ...
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node - restart server after editing specific files

I'd like to automatically restart the server after particular files are edited. Is there anything I can install to help me do that? - or will I need to watch the folder run a script accordingly. Any ...
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Cancelling default behaviour in sails.js model Lifecycle callback

Let's say we create a sails.js model, which sometimes should be saved into DB when posted (as usual), and sometimes – should not. Can we perform this logic in a model lifecycle callback? Basically, ...
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What is a good way to represent command-line arguments with JSON?

I'm trying to make improvements to the grunt-closure-linter npm project (so I can actually use it in a productive fashion), and here's where I'm stuck on it now: I want to specify a way to pass ...
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javascript method doesn't have access to “this” in callback

Pretty new to Javascript and Node. I'm using express in Node to create a simple web app. In trying to separate concerns, I'm running into trouble. The code looks like this: var get_stuff = ...
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How to encrypt using PHP mcrypt and decrypt with node crypto

I have some PHP code that produces some ciphertext as follows: <?php $data = '12345678123456781234567812345678123456781234567812345678123456781234567812345678'; $ciphertext = ...
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Node.js client.emit only working after first try?

I am writing an app where I have a user login via an email and password. I have my node.js server return either a 'yes' or 'no' if the login is correct. On the server, I can console.log the result ...
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Loop through posts' date in order to make archive in DocPad

Here's some pseudo-code of what I want to achieve: for year in post.date h1 year for month in post.date h2 month ul li post entry That's the pseudo-code. However ...
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How does a javascript array store keys such as “02”

I was reading though Javascript, the definitive guide and came across a paragraph which said and I quote If you index an array with a string that happens to be a non-negative integer,it behaves ...
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How to end() a file stream

I am having a weird issue with a piece of sample code that I got here, the central part being this: server.on('request', function(request, response) { var file = fs.createWriteStream('copy.csv'); ...
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How to use underscore.js as a template engine?

I'm trying to learn about new usages of javascript as a serverside language and as a functional language. Few days ago I heard about node.js and express framework. Then I saw about underscore.js as a ...
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Reference error is not thrown from MongoDB callback

Introduction All people know that if we call undefined.test we will receive the following error (same for both: NodeJS and Javascript): $ node > undefined.test TypeError: Cannot read property ...
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how to disable the UI until a response from the server with AngularJS

I am building a web app with angularjs and nodejs (express). Many times in my app a user will do things that will comunicate with the server and according to the result things will happen. Whenever ...
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compile order of node.js modules

The problem is that I have a number of separate modules which I export using module.exports and are inter dependent. Say- mongohelper transaction server conhandlr appmin Now, the server ...

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