dev.mysql.com

Directly from the MySql docs: There are three likely causes for this error message. Usually it indicates network connectivity trouble...

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feedjira.com

Great gem to consume RSS feeds. I was missing some features on Ruby's RSS::Parser that I found in...

You know each_with_index from arrays: ['hello', 'universe'].each_with_index do |value, index| puts "#{index}: #{value}" end

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stackoverflow.com

So you erased a whole day's work? There is hope! The linked article tells how to recover from an...

In Cucumber, scenario outlines help avoiding tests that are basically the same, except for a few variables (such as different...

So you have placed a breakpoint somewhere and now want to dig around, but not even inspecting variables is working...

Open a MySQL root shell and use this command: PURGE BINARY LOGS BEFORE DATE(NOW() - INTERVAL 3 DAY) + INTERVAL 0...

blog.arkency.com

Amazing guide how to divide a ball of Javascript spaghetti distinct separate layers (model, view, controller, backend adapter).

stackoverflow.com

Previously the assets group existed to avoid unintended compilation-on-demand in production. As Rails 4 doesn't behave like...

While RSpec 1 and 2 decided that specs inside spec/model are model specs, and those inside spec/features are feature specs...

Run this command to list the authors of the most recent commit of each branch: git for-each-ref --format...

When you don't only have a favicon.ico in your project but also PNGs of different sizes and backgrounds, you...

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Spreewald 1.1.0 drops the be_true and be_false matchers in order to be RSpec 3 and Ruby 2 compatible...

When making cross-domain AJAX requests with jQuery (using CORS or xdomain or similar), you will run into issues with...

Safari on iOS accepts an apple-touch-icon favicon that is used for stuff like desktop bookmarks. Always define a...

Code snippet tested with Rails 2.3 def index # ... if request.xhr? html = render_to_string(:partial => "list", :layout => false) respond_to...

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github.com

Automagically makes XHR requests work cross-domain by tunneling all communications through an IFRAME on your page.

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Spreewald now has a spreewald binary that lists all available steps, optionally filtering them. Example: $> spreewald # All Spreewald steps

sysadmincasts.com

Like Railscasts or Ruby Tapas, but for Linux.

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github.com

The debugger gem does not seem to be properly working on Ruby 2. Use byebug instead! Byebug is a simple...

Be careful to name any file @imported by SASS with a leading underscore. SASS files not beginning with an underscore...

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gist.github.com

The attached RSpec matcher allows for comfortably testing delegation. Examples describe Post do it { should delegate(:name).to(:author).with...

material.angularjs.org

The material design project for Angular is a complementary effort to the Polymer project's paper elements collection. Our goal...

skype.com

Skype has been updated to 4.3 on Linux. This fixes group chat issues with non-linux clients.