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Framework to write command-line apps in Ruby. Comes with a nice way of processing parameter options, some utility classes...

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...

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When you use one line Ruby comments in ERB templates you should never do this (notice the whitespace in front...

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Git has a built-in repository viewer for your web browser. a bit similar (but less awesome) than github.

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Using rename_column, remove_column, etc. more than once in a migration makes that migration run slower than it should...

How to ignore new files Globally Add the path(s) to your file(s) which you would like to ignore...

beginrescueend.com

To use different Ruby versions on your computer you can use the Ruby Version Manager. It also allows you to...

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You have to specify the environment with -e env_name or RAILS_ENV=env_name if you want to run...

Instead of running all missing migrations on your test database with rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=test you can also...

Forms with many inputs (600+ in my case) become extremely unresponsive on an iPad, up to the point where it...

There are several options, but most of them are impractical. The best way is to use the :ruby filter:

After starting the Rails server in a freshly generated Rails 3.1 project you could see an error message such as...

Look here for informations how you can show the MySQL default character set. At first you need the Amazon RDS...

Web fonts are awesome. After being restricted to Arial for two decades there is finally a cross-browser way to...

sgruendel.blogspot.com

When you install Type 1 fonts (like makandra's corporate typeface), they won't show up in OpenOffice. OpenOffice requires...

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When used to do: $> cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 15 model : 4 model name : Intel(R...

When using the screen tool you may be unable to start a screen session but instead encounter an error:

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...

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If you want to stop getting notified about new messages in a Skype chat (but not leave it altogether), you...

When you require the Ruby debugger to be available from your Rails console (e.g. you want to inspect a method...

In case you have sensitive data within your RDS instance, you want to use encrypted connections between your application and...