For me guard recently took a very long to start (as in "minutes"), because I had lots of images in...
As you know, assignable_values does not invalidate a record even when an attribute value becomes unassignable. See this example...
assignable_values now supports Rails 4.1 and Ruby 2.1.0.
Travis CI is a free continuous integration testing service. However, it is really fragile and will break more than it...
When you tell rbenv to install a Ruby it does not know about, you will get an error message.
EdgeRider 0.3.0 adds support for Rails 4.1 and Ruby 2.1. It forward-ports ActiveRecord::Base.scoped to Rails 4.1.
RSpec 3.0 deprecates the :should way of writing specs for expecting things to happen. However, if you have tests you...
When you have a string containing umlauts which don't behave as expected (are not matched with a regexp, can...
Warnings like those below may originate from rspec or shoulda-matchers or other gems that have not updated yet to...
So you want your Ruby script to install missing gems instead of dying? Take this method: def installing_missing_gems...
If you parse this Yaml ... yes: 'Totally' no: 'Nope' ... you get this Ruby hash: { true: 'Totally', false: 'Nope' }
You are probably using Ruby 1.8.7 with a too recent versions of Rubygems. Downgrade your Rubygems to the latest version...
There are 3 built-in file descriptors: stdin, stdout and stderr (std=standard). (You can define your own, see the...
Create, or edit your ~/.irbrc file to include: require 'irb/ext/eval_history' # was 'irb/ext/save-history' for versions prior to Ruby 3.3 IRB.conf[:SAVE...
config.action_controller.action_on_unpermitted_parameters enables logging or raising an exception if parameters that are not explicitly permitted are...
quiet_assets helps with disabling asset pipeline log messages in the development log. When the gem is added, asset pipeline...
Spring is a Rails application preloader. When debugging e.g. the rails gem, you'll be wondering why your raise, puts...
Programatically invoke Rails generators Require the generator, instantiate it and invoke it (because generators are Thor::Groups, you need...
docopt helps you define interface for your command-line app, and automatically generate parser for it. docopt is based on...
Rubygems can produce lots of deprecation warnings, but sometimes, you cannot fix them. To have a tidy terminal with output...
If you want to label things with a color but don't actually care which cholor, you can use the...
better_errors is an awesome gem for enhanced error pages in development, featuring a live-REPL for some light debugging...
If you want to do JavaScript-style camelization, ActiveSupport's String#camelize method can actually help you out. Simply pass...
When using TextMate2 with the cucumber bundle, it does not recognize step definitions (e.g. custom_steps.rb) as such but believes they...