Boolean attributes can now be set by appending "which", "that" or "who" at the end: Given there is a movie...
When you roll custom URLs with hacks like routing-filter, you can put a spec like this into spec/routing/routing_spec.rb:
When working with times and dates in Rails applications, you need to deal with the following problem: In Rails, Time...
Use this if you want to show or hide part of a form if certain options are selected or boxes...
Keyboard layout reverting to US on (every) reboot Cause: I found the same problem, but only on my wife...
You can write regular expressions some different ways, e.g. /regex/ and %r{regex}. For examples, look here. Remember that it...
jamesgolick / resource_controller at Github module ResourceController module Actions def index load_collection before :index response_for :index end
popthis is awesome when used with inaction_mailer. Setup inaction_mailer Install the gem: sudo gem install popthis
The Git stash does not work like a one-slot clipboard and you might shoot yourself in the foot if...
To pause and send a task to the background ctrl+z to reactivate the task fg to run task in...
The following example is from the Cucumber wiki: Given a blog post named "Random" with Markdown body """ Some Title, Eh...
So you screwed up and copied Paperclip secrets from one project to another. Here is a semi-automatic, painful way...
Capybara does not play nice with sites that have some actions protected by SSL, some not. A popular way to...
Our awesome collection of rspec helpers (formerly known as "spec_candy.rb") is now available as a gem. It works, it is...
The following counts all the lines in all *.rb files in the app directory. Run several of these commands to...
This is called "cherry-picking". git cherry-pick commit-sha1 Note that since branches are nothing but commit pointers, cherry...
The following Sass will do it: hr color: #ddd background-color: #ddd border: none height: 1px
Ruport’s acts_as_reportable module provides support for using ActiveRecord for data collection. You can use it to get...
When doing a query like this: SELECT id FROM users WHERE (users.id IN (899,1084,1095,100,2424,2429,2420...
Rails 3.0 has been underway for a good two years, so it’s with immense pleasure that we can declare...
An alternative to this technique is using VCR. VCR allows you to record and replay real HTTP responses, saving you...
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MPEG LA announced today that its AVC Patent Portfolio License will continue not to charge royalties for...
Open the configuration file: gksudo gedit /usr/share/vte/termcap/xterm Find a line like this: :co#80:it#8:li#24:\
Screen is great for long running tasks, where you want to log in every few hours and days and keep...