Rails 3, 4, 5, 6 config/application.rb config/environment.rb before the initialize! call (we don't usually edit this file)

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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...

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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 need to add a event listener to hundreds of elements, this might slow down the browser. An alternative...

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You may omit the /path/to/link_name to have a link with the same filename appear in the current directory

When deploying Rails applications you might have noticed that JS and CSS are not cached by all browsers.

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With this plugin, you can create a scalable tooltip by just using a single background image for the tooltip body...

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Prototip allows you to easily create both simple and complex tooltips using the Prototype javascript framework. Please note: "Permission to...

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The point is, evented I/O is not magic scalability pixie dust, and like anything, there is a tradeoff.

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A well-written API can be a great asset to the organization that wrote it and to all that use...

When working with times and dates in Rails applications, you need to deal with the following problem: In Rails, Time...

Spreewald has steps that let you test that e-mails have been sent, using arbitrary conditions in any combination.

Don't use should validate_format_of(...) because that matcher works in weird ways. Use the allow_value matcher instead...

Use this if you want to show or hide part of a form if certain options are selected or boxes...

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Keyboard layout reverting to US on (every) reboot Cause: I found the same problem, but only on my wife...

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You can write regular expressions some different ways, e.g. /regex/ and %r{regex}. For examples, look here. Remember that it...

popthis is awesome when used with inaction_mailer. Setup inaction_mailer Install the gem: sudo gem install popthis

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To pause and send a task to the background ctrl+z to reactivate the task fg to run task in...

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...