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Drift: an iPad app for GitHub Gists

Greg Borenstein (he hooked up our stoplight to our ci build system last year) and Devin Chalmers just announced that Drift is available on the App Store. Drift is an always-versioned text editor for the iPad, backed by GitHub Gists.

![](https://github-images.s3.amazonaws.com/blog/2011/drift.png)

Not only is this a nice and simple interface around Gist, but it also serves as an example of how to develop a native app around a 3rd party API. Greg and Devin have no official connection to GitHub, but were rejected several times by Apple for violating rule 11.13. Basically, any app that leads to an external site for purchases or subscriptions is rejected, even if the app doesn't require a paid ac

Welcome to Drift!

Drift is an always-already versioned, cloud-backed text editor. You can use it to take notes, and save them in the GitHub cloud.

Your gists are always saved locally, and any changes you make will get pushed to GitHub's servers.

To name a gist, touch its name in the toolbar.

You can use the share button at the top-right to copy a link to one of your gists, or view it on the web in Safari.

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	gem 'rake'
	gem 'forgery'
	gem 'cassandra-cql', :path => '../cassandra-cql'
	gem 'cassandra', :path => '../cassandra'

	gem 'perftools.rb'
	gem 'rbtrace'

	# Luna requires parens on all function calls, except for one exception.
	# But, you should always use parens to keep Luna HAPPY

	# HAPPY
	person pets select(: pet
	pet species == 'ferret' && pet age > 4
	)

	# SAD
	person pets select(): pet

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	password SECRET

	machine api.github.com
	login technoweenie
	password SECRET

	require 'zmq'
	context = ZMQ::Context.new
	pub = context.socket ZMQ::PUB
	pub.setsockopt ZMQ::IDENTITY, 'ping-pinger'
	pub.bind 'tcp://*:5555'

	i=0
	loop do
	pub.send "ping pinger #{i+=1}" ; sleep 1
	end

	Subject: RE: DPS Site Access

	No idea what you mean by script information, are you using a Mac? No Mac support for DPS. DPS
	requires Windows based systems with Internet Explorer 7 or 8. If you are using IE 8, you will
	have to change the zoom level to 150% (bottom right of IE8) from 100% for compatibility reasons.
	Remember only IE7 and 8 supported by DPS, No Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and pop up blocker must be
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	# and used to generate other forms of documentation.
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	# Example documentation for a GET request:
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	# param :milestone, Fixnum
	# param :state, String, :default => 'open', :choices => %w(open closed)
	# get "/repos/:user/:repo/issues" do
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	tiny_mce
	ckeditor
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	code_highlighter
	vendor
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	# logger = require('logger').create()
	# logger.info("blah")
	# => [2011-3-3T20:24:4.810 info (5021)] blah
	# logger.debug("boom")
	# =>
	# logger.level = Logger.levels.debug
	# logger.debug(function() { return "booom" })
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	class Logger
	constructor: (options) ->