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I ported the initializer to Rails 3.

If you upgrade to the mysql2 gem, you will run into the problem that the server's database.yml (which is...

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The linked article describes how to use a Firefox addon "Flash-Aid" to install a better build of Flash and...

This script loads a dump into your development database. You can provide the full path to you database dump like...

When using the asset pipeline your assets (images, javascripts, stylesheets, fonts) live in folders inside app: app/assets/fonts app/assets/images...

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Some advice for bulk loading many records into InnoDB and finishing before the sun burns out. Use with care.

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Building CSS mobile-first is the way forward, because blah blah blah progressive enhancement blah. Problem is, Internet Explorer prior...

Probably was in the repository once and got deleted in a commit that you pulled.

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Geoffrey Grosenbach has created Gruff for easily plotting graphs. It is written in pure Ruby and integrates with Rails applications...

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If you need a gem for a certain purpose, be sure to check this site. The rankings are determined by...

Localizing a non-trivial application can be a huge undertaking. This card will give you an overview over the many...

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There is now a solution.

MySQL version 5.1 comes with an alternative, faster InnoDB implementation (called "InnoDB Plugin"). Switching is easy: Stop your mysqld with...

When requests arrive at the application servers simultaneously, weird things can happen. Sometimes, this can also happen if a user...

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Using beginning_of_day or end_of_day on Date or DateTime objects in Rails 2.x applications will never...

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DTAUS & DTAZV are formats for German bank transfers and is short for "Datenträgeraustausch". The format itself totally sucks because it...

An association defined with has_many :through will return the same record multiple times if multiple join models for the...

Make sure you call the methods in the following order and not vice versa: has_attached_file :image validates_attachment...

Geordi, our collection of command line tools, has been extended by another command deploy-to-production. This script encapsulates the...

validates_acceptance_of :terms only works if terms is set to a value. The validation is skipped silently when terms...

Capybara has a global option (Capybara.ignore_hidden_elements) that determines whether Capybara sees or ignores hidden elements.

When you regularly make use of Cucumber's "show me the page" step (or let pages pop up as errors...

After you configured your ODBC describe in Fix [RubyODBC]Cannot allocate SQLHENV when connecting to MSSQL 2005 with Ruby 1.8.7...

I followed this nice guide Connecting to MSSQL with Ruby on Ubuntu - lambie.org until I ran in the following errors...