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sitepoint.com

A look at Prawn, PDFKit, and Wicked PDF

robots.thoughtbot.com

Declare an enum attribute where the values map to integers in the database, but can be queried by name.

everydayrails.com

I recently had a need to demonstrate a data-heavy application to potential customers. Demonstrating the application with bogus numbers...

github.com

Installation differs slightly from older versions, please check the README.

logicalfriday.com

How delayed jobs can make your after_save callbacks execute before the record is saved.

makandracards.com

Updated the card with our current best practice (shared app code and specs via symlinks).

makandracards.com

There is now a solution.

slate.com

Nice article to educate your non-geek girlfriend/boyfriend about the joys of programming.

blog.bitcrowd.net

To make the RSpec matcher of the authorization solution Consul work with Rspec 2.x read the following blog post...

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blog.rubybestpractices.com

class Errormaster CoffeeIsOut = Class.new(StandardError) # is prettier than class CoffeeIsOut < StandardError; end end Reference such an error class with Errormaster...

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We are changing our name from Hoptoad to Airbrake. You see, some folks much larger than us reached out and...

pluginaweek.org

Now allows to list transition paths from and to arbitrary states.

gurge.com

How to write to the db 27,000 times in 24 seconds instead of 9 minutes.

opensoul.org

Sometimes, you just need to shoot from the hip…or deploy your local changes without committing them. Put this snippet...

avdi.org

When rendering a partial with the :collection option, you are automatically provided with a counter variable inside the partial template...

blog.jcoglan.com

Terminus is a Capybara driver where most of the driver functions are implemented in client-side JavaScript. It lets you...

apidock.com

You can now add an :inverse_of option to has_one, has_many and belongs_to associations.... Without :inverse_of...

github.com

Try our Apify gem which solves many problems you will be having.

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github.com

Cerberus is a lightweight and easy-to-use Continuous Builder software for Ruby. It could be run periodically from a...

github.com

Consent is an access control abstraction layer for ActionController. It lets you restrict access to actions across your application using...

github.com

LaterDude is a small calendar helper with i18n support

pathf.com

A while back, I had a requirement to persist a record of which email addresses were sent an email through...

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thoughtbot.com

Squirrel is an enhancement for ActiveRecord’s find method that allows programmers to query the database using a more Rubyish...