Stephen James' Code Blog

Using quotes in Git command line commit messages

A look at the minefield that is the terminal when using git commit -m

28 Nov 2016 on git terminal

Creating an emanating button

Where I take the simplest part of Monument Valley (the emanating Complete button) and create a basic version with CSS.

27 Nov 2016 on css

Migrating to Hexo

Well it looks like I’m finally pulling the trigger on my old Blogger blog and moving it over to Hexo :D … It’s not you Blogger, it’s me - I just infinitely prefer writing in markdown and git based publishing!

25 Nov 2016 on hexo blogging

Mocking/Stubbing CommonJS Dependencies with Browserify and Karma

Mocking, stubbing and strategies for dependency injection are often overly complex parts of the JavaScript test code we have to write. But they help us isolate the unit that we want to test. In this article I look at using proxyquire and proxyquireify.

19 May 2015 on javascript testing karma browserify commonjs

I'm feeling lucky for git command line

Ever wanted to checkout a branch using a partial identifier, in a one-shot "I'm feeling lucky" kind of way? Well here ya go cow(boy|gal)...

10 Dec 2014 on git terminal

A beginners guide to starting a new web app with Karma, Jasmine and RequireJS

Using the mighty Karma as a test runner for non-Angular projects from scratch, highlighting a couple of common errors.

27 May 2014 on javascript testing karma jasmine requirejs

Code Snippet Happiness

The day I first caught a glimpse of snippet satori

06 Feb 2014 on dev visual-studio

Logging Custom Objects and Fields with log4net

A detail of my personal experience using log4nets custom layout patterns and converters.

23 Jan 2014 on .net c# log4net

Adding forgotten files to previous commits with Git

We all do it, in the heat of the moment we stage badly, git commit --amend -C to the rescue!

12 Sep 2013 on git terminal

Using CSS to Vertically Center Content

A now outdated look at vertically centering content, kept for historical purposes

27 Apr 2013 on css