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When you do something like this in your code: def var_value @var ||= some_expensive_calculation end
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FastClick is a simple, easy-to-use library for eliminating the 300ms delay between a physical tap and the firing...
Font Combiner offers a way to tweak and adjust any TTF or OTF font (license permitting), by bringing in font...
I recently created a survey asking fellow designers about the problems they faced when creating fully responsive sites. This article...
You're better off using debugger-ruby_core_source: gem install debugger-ruby_core_source If you can't do...
So you client has asked you to implement a row of buttons to like the URL on Facebook, Twitter and...
With Rails 4, Concerns have become the “official” solution to the big-models problem. However, there’s a fair amount...
The asset pipeline (which is actually backed by sprockets) has a nice feature where templates ending in .jst are compiled...
We tend to use database transactions as a magic bullet to get rid of all our concurrency problems. When things...
This card shows how to upgrade a Rails 2 application from Rails 2.3.8 through every single patch level up to...
Backbone plugin to override getters and setters with logic.
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You have multiple options: Just don't have a type column. All STI magic will be disabled automatically.
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Note: These instructions are for a quick per-project setup and may require you to change code. If you generally...
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Caution when using .where to exclude records from a scope like this: # Fragile - avoid User.where("id NOT IN (?)", excluded_ids...
The way Rational#to_s works on Ruby has changed from Ruby 1.9 on. Here is how to get the...
Unfortunately, Capybara does not offer a switch to disable cookies in your test browser. However, you can work around that...