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To print a colored full-width bar on the bash, use this bash script expression: echo -e '\033[37;44m...
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You might have a table without a primary key set in MySQL. You can fix this by adding a primary...
Using git checkout - you can switch back to the branch you previously worked on. (master) $ git checkout foobar
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Spreewald includes a few useful steps for debugging a Capybara session. Then show me the page # => Opens the page in...
Usually, Cucumber feature files live in features/. When you group them in sub directories, make sure to add -r features...
Like in any language, a FLOAT will eventually corrupt data due to rounding errors. Please use DECIMAL, which has well...
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I had to deal with JavaScript Undefined Error while accessing a specific CKEditor instance to fill in text. Ensure everything...
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class Book::Page end class MyBook < Book def new_page Page.new # has to be `Book::Page` in development to...
Ask before leaving an unsaved CKEditor Vanilla JavaScript way, but removes any other onbeforeunload handlers: $(function(){ document.body.onbeforeunload = function() { for(editorName...
Make your custom web font available Add to ckeditor/config.js CKEDITOR.editorConfig = function(config) { config.contentsCss = [ '/assets/myCkeditorStyles.css', // any other file to encapsulate custom...
At TaskRabbit, we have gone through a few iterations on how we make our app(s). In the beginning, there...
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Sometimes you have a test expectation but actually want a better error message in case of a failure. Here is...
Put the attached file into features/support/. Example usage: When /^I open the task named "(.+?)"$/ do |task_name| task = page.all('.task...
This is just a quick note, mostly for my own reference, of a few ways to easily delete the dot...