github.com

By default, Cucumber uses mocha. This note shows to use RSpec stubs and mocks instead. Rspec 1 / Rails 2

Since RubyMine 3.1 you can drag tabs across panes/windows and out of the main window to create new windows.

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w3.org

The following Haml will do: %head{ :profile => 'http://www.w3.org/2005/10/profile' } %link{ :href => image_path('favicon.ico'), :rel => 'icon', :type => 'image/vnd.microsoft.icon' }

gem-session.com

If you want to exclude your staging site from Google using robots.txt without running the risk to forget deleting the...

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There are two distinct ways of commenting Haml markup: HTML and Ruby. HTML comments This will create an HTML comment...

This raises "Could not find first Keyword": describe Keyword do it { should validate_uniqueness_of(:text) } end Do this instead...

To return non-HTML responses (like XLS spreadsheets), we usually use the respond_to do |format| format.xls do # send spreadsheet...

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If you added a file by mistake, you can unstage it (but keep local changes) by saying git reset HEAD...

The box shadows created rendered in IE by CSS3PIE look darker and are blurred differently than in browsers that render...

The state_machine gem ships with a scope with_state. This scope has some problems in complex queries or scope...

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Update RubyGems and Passenger Bundler requires Rubygems >= 1.3.6. Run gem update --system if you have an older version.

This might eventually be fixed by Rails itself.\ Right now this is the way to have the rails_xss plugin...

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There are three ways to define your own RSpec matchers, with increasing complexibility and options: 1) Use RSpec::Matchers.define

Sometimes files attain executable-flags that they do not need, e.g. when your Windows VM copies them over a Samba...

When you create e.g. a sidebar box that contains headlines and paragraphs, the final paragraph's margin in that box...

When you need to add a event listener to hundreds of elements, this might slow down the browser. An alternative...

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You may omit the /path/to/link_name to have a link with the same filename appear in the current directory

When deploying Rails applications you might have noticed that JS and CSS are not cached by all browsers.

nickstakenburg.com

Prototip allows you to easily create both simple and complex tooltips using the Prototype javascript framework. Please note: "Permission to...

teddziuba.com

The point is, evented I/O is not magic scalability pixie dust, and like anything, there is a tradeoff.

github.com

Boolean attributes can now be set by appending "which", "that" or "who" at the end: Given there is a movie...

When working with times and dates in Rails applications, you need to deal with the following problem: In Rails, Time...

Use this if you want to show or hide part of a form if certain options are selected or boxes...

ubuntuforums.org

Keyboard layout reverting to US on (every) reboot Cause: I found the same problem, but only on my wife...