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Some folks have started to keep their linux configuration in a git repository called "dotfiles". This sounds like a good...

We're adding a script console-for to open a remote Rails console with one command. Also have a look...

Sometimes, when running a rake task, RubyGems 1.8.5 raises an error: rake aborted! undefined method `specifications' for "/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8":String

Soon after having written our shell-for script, we wanted to easily get dumps of our productions machines, too. This...

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After having written useful scripts into makandra notes for a long time, we’ve now tied them into a powerful...

Since May 2011 we are cutting new gems using Bundler, which is less painful than cutting gems using Jeweler. You...

We regularly need to connect to the server in order to e.g. access the production console. Guessing the Capistrano deploy...

Run rspec-and-cucumber from any project directory to run both RSpec and Cucumber. If available, rspec_spinner or cucumber...

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Whenever is a Ruby gem that provides a clear syntax for writing and deploying cron jobs.

Airbrake (formerly Hoptoad) already ignores certain errors like InvalidAuthenticityToken by default (see Airbrake::Configuration::IGNORE_DEFAULT).\ To ignore additional classes...

To display a list of your current Git remotes and their endpoints, you can say git remote -v

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Adds a slide out panel to your Rails application that directs clients to test stories that have been marked as...

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This tool is used on our application servers (and called when deploying) but it also works locally. Just call dumple...

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jQuery plugin to register callback functions to keyboard shortkuts. Keyboard events in vanilla Javascripts are super-painful to work with...

Call geordi clean from a project root to remove unused and unnecessary files inside it. This script is part of...

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In order to go back one page in your Cucumber tests, you can use the following step definition for Capybara...

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Added utility methods for the Prototype Javascript framework.

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Fixes all Flash elements on a page so that they heed DOM stacking order

I prefer the application that I'm currently working on to be reachable at http://localhost/. So when I switch...

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Hooks lets you define hooks declaratively in your ruby class. You can add callbacks to your hook, which will be...

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Ruby gem that provides an AR-style interface for the Pivotal Tracker API.

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It’s pretty common for projects hosted on GitHub to receive “pull requests”: requests from people who have cloned your...

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power-rake db:migrate VERSION=20100913132321 By default the environments development, test, cucumber and performance are considered...

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delocalize provides localized date/time and number parsing functionality for Rails.