To return non-HTML responses (like XLS spreadsheets), we usually use the respond_to do |format| format.xls do # send spreadsheet...
There will probably be better solutions as we become more experienced with using Bundler, and more command line tools become...
def task_with_hoptoad_notification(options) task(options) do begin yield rescue Exception => e Airbrake.notify(e) raise e
Rails 3, 4, 5, 6 config/application.rb config/environment.rb before the initialize! call (we don't usually edit this file)
Update RubyGems and Passenger Bundler requires Rubygems >= 1.3.6. Run gem update --system if you have an older version.
This might eventually be fixed by Rails itself.\ Right now this is the way to have the rails_xss plugin...
Sometimes you want to fetch associations for an ActiveRecord that you already loaded, e.g. when it has deeply nested associations...
There are three ways to define your own RSpec matchers, with increasing complexibility and options: 1) Use RSpec::Matchers.define
One option is to use partials. Or you can set the @template field to the name of another action:
Sometimes files attain executable-flags that they do not need, e.g. when your Windows VM copies them over a Samba...
When you create e.g. a sidebar box that contains headlines and paragraphs, the final paragraph's margin in that box...
When you need to add a event listener to hundreds of elements, this might slow down the browser. An alternative...
When deploying Rails applications you might have noticed that JS and CSS are not cached by all browsers.
A well-written API can be a great asset to the organization that wrote it and to all that use...
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...