Very good intro, but you need to have the basics laid out from the Getting started guide.

Basics

C-x C-f “find” file i.e. open/create a file in buffer
C-x C-s save the file
C-x C-w write the text to an alternate name
C-x C-v find alternate file
C-x i insert file at cursor position
C-x b create/switch buffers
C-x C-b show buffer list
C-x k kill buffer
C-z suspend emacs
C-X C-c close down emacs

Basic movement

C-f forward char
C-b backward char
C-p previous line
C-n next line
M-f forward one word
M-b backward one word
C-a beginning of line
C-e end of line
C-v one page up
M-v scroll down one page
M-< beginning of text M-> end of text

Editing

M-n repeat the following command n times
C-u repeat the following command 4 times
C-u n repeat n times
C-d delete a char
M-d delete word
M-Del delete word backwards
C-k kill line

C-Space Set beginning mark (for region marking for example)
C-W “kill” (delete) the marked region region
M-W copy the marked region
C-y “yank” (paste) the copied/killed region/line
M-y yank earlier text (cycle through kill buffer)
C-x C-x exchange cursor and mark

C-t transpose two chars
M-t transpose two words
C-x C-t transpose lines
M-u make letters uppercase in word from cursor position to end
M-c simply make first letter in word uppercase
M-l opposite to M-u

Important

C-g quit the running/entered command
C-x u undo previous action
M-x revert-buffer RETURN (insert like this) undo all changes since last save
M-x recover-file RETURN Recover text from an autosave-file
M-x recover-session RETURN if you edited several files

Online-Help

C-h c which command does this keystroke invoke
C-h k which command does this keystroke invoke and what does it do?
C-h l what were my last 100 typed keys
C-h w what key-combo does this command have?
C-h f what does this function do
C-h v what’s this variable and what is it’s value
C-h b show all keycommands for this buffer
C-h t start the emacs tutorial
C-h i start the info reader
C-h C-k start up info reader and go to a certain key-combo point
C-h F show the emacs FAQ
C-h p show infos about the Elisp package on this machine

Search/Replace

C-s Search forward
C-r search backward
C-g return to where search started (if you are still in search mode)
M-% query replace

Space or y replace this occurence
Del or n don’t replace
. only replace this and exit (replace)
, replace and pause (resume with Space or y)
! replace all following occurences
^ back to previous match
RETURN or q quit replace

Search/Replace with regular expressions

Characters to use in regular expressions:
^ beginning of line
$ end of line
. single char
.* group or null of chars
\< beginning of a word \> end of a word
[] every char inside the backets (for example [a-z] means every small letter)

M C-s RETURN search for regular expression forward
M C-r RETURN search for regular expression backward
M C-s incremental search
C-s repeat incremental search
M C-r incremental search backwards
C-r repeat backwards
M-x query-replace-regexp search and replace

Window-Commands

C-x 2 split window vertically
C-x o change to other window
C-x 0 delete window
C-x 1 close all windows except the one the cursors in
C-x ^ enlarge window
M-x shrink-window command says it
M C-v scroll other window
C-x 4 f find file in other window
C-x 4 o change to other window
C-x 4 0 kill buffer and window
C-x 5 2 make new frame
C-x 5 f find file in other frame
C-x 5 o change to other frame
C-x 5 0 close this frame

Bookmark commands

C-x r m set a bookmark at current cursor pos
C-x r b jump to bookmark
M-x bookmark-rename says it
M-x bookmark-delete ”
M-x bookmark-save ”
C-x r l list bookmarks

d mark bookmark for deletion
r rename bookmark
s save all listed bookmarks
f show bookmark the cursor is over
m mark bookmarks to be shown in multiple window
v show marked bookmarks (or the one the cursor is over)
t toggle listing of the corresponding paths
w ” path to this file
x delete marked bookmarks
Del ?
q quit bookmark list

M-x bookmark-write write all bookmarks in given file
M-x bookmark-load load bookmark from given file

Shell

M-x shell starts shell modus
C-c C-c same as C-c under unix (stop running job)
C-d delete char forward
C-c C-d Send EOF
C-c C-z suspend job (C-z under unix)
M-p show previous commands

DIRectory EDitor (dired)

C-x d start up dired
C (large C) copy
d mark for erase
D delete right away
e or f open file or directory
g reread directory structure from file
G change group permissions (chgrp)
k delete line from listing on screen (don’t actually delete)
m mark with *
n move to next line
o open file in other window and go there
C-o open file in other window but don’t change there
P print file
q quit dired
Q do query-replace in marked files
R rename file
u remove mark
v view file content
x delete files marked with D
z compress file
M-Del remove all marks (whatever kind)
~ mark backup files (name~ files) for deletion
# mark auto-save files (#name#) for deletion
*/ mark directory with * (C-u * removes that mark again)
= compare this file with marked file
M-= compare this file with it’s backup file
! apply shell command to this file
M-} change to the next file marked with * od D
M-{ ” previous ”
% d mark files described through regular expression for deletion
% m ” (with *)
+ create directory
> changed to next dir
< change to previous dir
s toggle between sorting by name or date

Maybe into this category also fits this command:
M-x speedbar starts up a separate window with a directory view

Telnet

M-x telnet starts up telnet-modus
C-d either delete char or send EOF
C-c C-c stop running job (similar to C-c under unix)
C-c C-d send EOF
C-c C-o clear output of last command
C-c C-z suspend execution of command
C-c C-u kill line backwards
M-p recall previous command

Text

Works only in text mode
M-s center line
M-S center paragraph
M-x center-region name says

Macro-commands

C-x ( start macro definition
C-x ) end of macro definition
C-x e execute last defined macro
M-n C-x e execute last defined macro n times
M-x name-last-kbd-macro give name to macro (for saving)
M-x insert-keyboard-macro save named macro into file
M-x load-file load macro
M-x macroname execute macroname

Programming

M C-\ indent region between cursor and mark
M-m move to first (non-space) char in this line
M-^ attach this line to previous
M-; formatize and indent comment

C, C++ and Java Modes
M-a beginning of statement
M-e end of statement
M C-a beginning of function
M C-e end of function
C-c RETURN Set cursor to beginning of function and mark at the end
C-c C-q indent the whole function according to indention style
C-c C-a toggle modus in which after electric signs (like {}:’;./*) emacs does the indention
C-c C-d toggle auto hungry mode in which emacs deletes groups of spaces with one del-press
C-c C-u go to beginning of this preprocessor statement
C-c C-c comment out marked area

More general
M-x outline-minor-mode collapses function definitions in a file to a mere {…}
M-x show-subtree If you are in one of the collapsed functions, this un-collapses it
In order to achive some of the feats coming up now you have to run etags *.c *.h *.cpp (or what ever ending you source files have) in the source directory
M-. (Thats Meta dot) If you are in a function call, this will take you to it’s definition
M-x tags-search ENTER Searches through all you etaged
M-, (Meta comma) jumps to the next occurence for tags-search
M-x tags-query-replace yum. This lets you replace some text in all the tagged files

GDB (Debugger)

M-x gdb starts up gdm in an extra window

Version Control

C-x v d show all registered files in this dir
C-x v = show diff between versions
C-x v u remove all changes since last checkin
C-x v ~ show certain version in different window
C-x v l print log
C-x v i mark file for version control add
C-x v h insert version control header into file
C-x v r check out named snapshot
C-x v s create named snapshot
C-x v a create changelog file in gnu-style

When the one I normally use is down, I really need a complete cheatsheet for Emacs, so I added it here.

• reading start point, have a look at some examples, or simply generate yours
• for more advanced information, refer to the semanticweb.org
• validate it
• place a link to

  http://h2vx.com/vcf/your.website.com/contact-page/

  or to

  http://feeds.technorati.com/contacts/http://your.website.com/contact-page/

  , replacing

  your.website.com/contact-page/

  with your correct online URL

• discover hCards in the web pages you crawl with the Semantic Radar or  Tails Export add-ons for Firefox

To be a leader is not the next step for managers. It is the manager’s job to leave room to leaders.

Make sure you have the slides handy, too.

Spaghetti code, otherwise known as Drupal.

If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.

Gerald Weinberg

Copy and paste is a design error.

David Parnas
 

Think about how you develop your own code.

Do you rush into writing a piece of code and use comments later, if you have any time left? Or do you use a pseudocode approach by writing comments n the first place and then developing functionality to implement that?

Do you develop code in such a way that it can be later tested and mainained? Or do you write it, prove “it works” and think about it next time you have to adjust functionality?

Do you favor speed for maintainability?

These are the lessons one learns while reading Code Complete, a book which aims to learn you how to do stuff right, not “just do it”. I like it more and more while I’m reading it. Most of the examples present common-sense development, yet I’ve seen so much poor code which does the job that I would like to reccommend it to all software developers. If you do read it, I can only promise it’ll make you a better colleague than you already might be.

There are two ways of using this excellent codebase:

• grab all the available PHP.JS functions and use them as you need them
• take each function you really need and put it into your JS codebase for the project

The advantage of the second method is that you don’t have code you don’t need included all over the place, but it also means you will search each time the codebase to discover the code you need. Meanwhile, the first solution seems appropriate for the ones in a hurry, you just try to use one function like you’re accustomed in PHP and it’s there already included, you’re developing fast and safe, with just a small performance issue you can always address later.

Let’s say you’ve using the long2ip and ip2long PHP functions for storing IPs as numbers, and have a strong preference for using them for performance reasons, as all your IPs are stored as numbers in the database. What if you need similar functionality in JavaScript? Well, just take the code you need and use it! It’s that simple

For managing small projects, I have found a nice collaborative task tracker with minimal features. It allows for setting up projects, creating tasks, distributing them and tracking them down for completion.