When you have string contents (e.g. a generated binary stream, or data from a remote source) that you want to...

You need to update a lof gems. Make sure you don't have any version constraints in your...

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See the attached link for a list of icons in Font Awesome 4. Icon names work differently in Font Awesome...

Running rails server will start a local server that you can access via http://localhost:3000. When you are working...

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In Spreewald 1.10.4+, nested patiently blocks are now patient. Here is an example: patiently do outer_code patiently do

Form fields can be rendered as noneditable by setting the disabled or the readonly attribute. Be aware of the differences...

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Your default postgres user is named like your linux user. That default user has limited access privileges, which can cause...

Trying to open a vnc window with geordi geordi vnc ended up with this error: > VNC viewer could not be...

Use bundler > 1.15 to fix Gem::LOADED_SPECS_MUTEX (NameError). Given the following project: ruby -v ruby 1.8.7

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When your Rails controller calls render, you can pass a :status option for the HTTP status code: render 'results', status...

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Here is how to use Chromedriver without libraries like selenium-webdriver. This can be useful for debugging. The following example...

If you want to make a screenshot of a website that works well in print or on a high-DPI...

I recently had fun with replacing a custom video plattform ("mycustomtv") in one of our applications. I learned a lot...

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Note netstat has mostly been superseeded by its more modern rewrite ss which nowadays comes pre-installed rather than netstat...

Understanding your type of cronjob Some cronjobs must only run on a single server. E.g. when you run nightly batch...

When installing gems, a lot of time is spent building locally installed documentation that you probably never use.

When you have a pending Cucumber step (or feature) that also uses an existing VCR cassette, your pending test may...

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Katapult 0.3.0 brings Rails 5 and Ruby 2.5 support with a new design, plus a ton of smaller features, fixes...

Say you want to move a git repository from one remote (perhaps Github) to another (perhaps Gitlab).

This cucumber step is useful for testing an image (looking at the src of the image). Then(/^I should see...

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ActiveSupport::Dependencies takes care of auto-loading any classes in development. This is usually useful, but when you run into...

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Font Awesome version 5 changed some icon names, and introduces new prefixes fab, far, and fas. There is a JavaScript...

TL;DR Use user.update!(remove_avatar: true) to delete attachments outside of forms. This will have the same behavior as...

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This article will show you how to use throw and catch. It's a nice tool to break out of...