Sometimes you want one distinct version of RubyGems to be installed to replicate the same behavior across multiple servers.
Although it's tempting flirt with detecting mobile/touch devices with CSS media queries or Javascript feature detection alone, this approach...
Basically, you now need to know if your project uses a "real" time zone or :local, and if config.active_record.time_zone...
SkypeTab-NG (NG stands for Next Generation) is a tool that adds tabs to Skype for Linux. Besides providing a...
If you're using Paperclip to store and convert images attached to your models, processing a lot of images will...
When Rack::Bug has been added to your project and your Apache2/Passenger only replies with an Error 500 (Internal Server...
To reduce download time, application servers usually serve content using gzip compression, if the browser supports it.
When you have a complex recipe setup with multistage deployment you may run into this error: `role_list_from': unknown...
If you turn on stylesheet caching, it might happen that stylesheets from different locations with different relative pathes will be...
Git has a built-in repository viewer for your web browser. a bit similar (but less awesome) than github.
If you want to use Require group $GROUPNAME on your default Apache installation like this: Order allow,deny Allow from...
You have to specify the environment with -e env_name or RAILS_ENV=env_name if you want to run...
After starting the Rails server in a freshly generated Rails 3.1 project you could see an error message such as...
Web fonts are awesome. After being restricted to Arial for two decades there is finally a cross-browser way to...
When you install Type 1 fonts (like makandra's corporate typeface), they won't show up in OpenOffice. OpenOffice requires...
When using the screen tool you may be unable to start a screen session but instead encounter an error:
To show the collation of your tables you have to login to the MySQL console and execute SHOW TABLE STATUS...
To show the MySQL default character set you have to login to the MySQL console and execute SHOW VARIABLES LIKE...
If you specify different ports, you can run multiple local webricks with rails server --port=300X at the same time...
The Rails logger will store its content in a buffer and write it into the file system every 1000 lines...
When you require the Ruby debugger to be available from your Rails console (e.g. you want to inspect a method...
Single step and slow motion for Cucumber scenarios can come in handy, especially in @javascript scenarios. # features/support/examiners.rb AfterStep('@slow_motion...
In case you have sensitive data within your RDS instance, you want to use encrypted connections between your application and...
The colors in Rails log files are helpful when watching them but, since they are ANSI color codes like ^[[4...