ActiveRecord comes with a method touch which sets the updated_at timestamp to the current time. Unfortunately it also runs...

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List of global variables available to a Ruby script.

Specify these gem versions in your Gemfile: gem 'cucumber', '~> 1.3.0' gem 'cucumber-rails', '= 0.3.2' # max version for Rails 2

I don't like those buttons inside the header area of a message that Thunderbird 3 put there. Though the...

Cucumber scenarios that are tagged with @javascript so they run with Selenium are very slow. You might not want to...

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If you plan to insert an existing PDF into a new LaTeX document that you will compile to PDF, you...

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The shell variable PS1 holds your bash prompt. You might want to change it to serve your needs best. Here...

Add deprecation warnings and their solution or link to available solutions. Global access to Rake DSL methods is deprecated. Please...

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Type looking a little flabby? Overweight? Want to give it a kick in the pants? Take a look at some...

If in your application your users pass along params that result in filenames, like invoices/generated?number=123. This could be...

Pie sometimes does not properly redraw elements upon changes. This often happens when the change comes from somewhere further up...

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JavaScript Garden is a growing collection of documentation about the most quirky parts of the JavaScript programming language. It gives...

The attached RSpec matcher exist_in_database checks if a given record still exists in the database and has not...

When you need to insert many records into the same table, performance may become an issue. What you can do...

We are maintaining some vintage projects with tests written in Test::Unit instead of RSpec. Mocks and stubs are not...

Depending on where you live, different rules are used to determine the number of the week and a weekday. You...

You can find ActiveRecord models by using a Range as its conditions: User.scoped(:conditions => { :id => 3..5 }) This will generate...

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The speed searching for makandra notes in Firefox can be improved by following these steps: Download the Firefox-Add-on...

track down warnings and to see failing specs immediately or to get an overview of the core...

When working with large Sass files you will notice that the first request after a change to a Sass file...

You will occasionally need to clean out your database while keeping the schema intact, e.g. when someone inserted data in...

When you click a link or a press a button on a Selenium-controlled browser, the call will return control...

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Around the time in my life when I stopped ordering drinks made with more than one ingredient, I was woken...