CoffeeScript with Rails 2.3 and Rails 3.0
I just uploaded a sample application that uses guard, coffee-script and a rake task to enable use of coffee-script with a rails 2.3 or 3.0 application. Check out the README file on github for...
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View ArticleGenerating barcodes with ruby and rails
Recently I had to convert some functionality from an old MS Access system to a Ruby on Rails application. The Access system generated a report that included a barcode; they were using a barcode font...
View ArticlePostgres: get the number of days in an interval
-- seconds / 60 = minutes / 60 = hours / 24 = days select (((EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM INTERVAL '2 years') / 60) / 60) / 24)::integer as number_of_days good resource -...
View ArticleSample Routes and Links with Rails 3 in the console
The content for this post is all from a gist, hopefully someone finds it usefulYour reader does not support script, view the gist...
View ArticleGet table and column information in postgres
Use the information_schema catalog - http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/information-schema.htmlGet table and columns from the public schemaselect tables.table_name, columns.column_namefrom...
View ArticleInspect all jQuery events on an element
Very useful$("SELECTOR").data("events");All bound event handlers are stored in the elements data context under the events keyThis can be very useful when debugging with tools like...
View ArticleGit Workflow
This is the current git workflow we are using at work, your mileage may vary:Your reader does not support javascript - see...
View Articlepostgres: terminate all database connections
Using psql from the command line you can terminate all connections to a databaseComes in handy when you want to do things like restore your staging or development...
View Articlepostgres: random useful things
Run sql statements from the command line, use the -c flagcreate a random valuecrazy updates using regexp_matches
View ArticleRails - ActiveRecord created_by and updated_by gem
Often your application will want to track who created and updated your data.On a previous rails 2 project I used a plugin called userstamp which worked well, but until recently it did not support rails...
View ArticleUnofficial Twitter Bootstrap Documentation
Unofficial Twitter Bootstrap Documentationhttp://unofficial-twitter-bootstrap-documentation.com/The current project I am working on is running bootstrap 2.0.2 and after the release of 2.1.0 the online...
View Article414 Request-URI Too Large
How to configure nginx to accept larger querystring requestsIncrease the 'large_client_header_buffers'This is located in the 'http' section of the configurationExample:Â Â http {Â Â Â Â Â Â # override...
View ArticleHelper script to delete git tags locally and remote
Might be useful to others, delete a bunch of git tags - remote and locallyYour reader does not render gists; view code here -...
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Git Log Formatting
The git log command is great and has tons of good information, but the output doesn't give you that nice 'overview' of the commit history, too much detail on too many linesI've been using the following...
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Setting up a C.I. build (Continuous Integration) for a Ruby on Rails application
It has never been easier than with Semaphore - Hosted Continuous Integrationhttps://semaphoreapp.com/How easy is itadd semaphore ssh key to your github repothen semaphore automatically determines your...
View ArticleSending email with Rails Mailers, The Random bits...
See the rails guides and railscasts for getting started with Rails Mailers;Â this article includes some additional information on Rails Mailers not included in those articles.RailsCasts:...
View Articlerails :remote => true jQuery events
I constantly find myself looking these up, saving this link for future referencehttps://github.com/rails/jquery-ujs/wiki/ajaxcontains all of the rails custom jQuery events for remote forms, such as...
View ArticleRuby on Rails continuous integration (CI) with Jenkins the easy way with Chef...
Do you need a CI build setup for your Ruby on Rails app?Here are some chef / knife solo scripts that will deploy a Jenkins server to run your CI build - you could be up and running in less than 1/2 an...
View Article> random tricks you can do with Rails
There are bunch of really good nuggets in this presentation:http://www.confreaks.com/videos/889-railsconf2012-ten-things-you-didn-t-know-rails-could-do...
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View ArticleVagrantfile for setting up multiple machines with chef configuration
Example Vagrantfile below for setting up multiple virtual machines and using chef to provision themYour reader does not support javascript - please view configuration here -...
View ArticleVagrant and puppet postgres 9.2 on ubuntu
Some vagrant configuration to install postgres 9.2 using puppetsee https://gist.github.com/house9/5762219.jssee...
View ArticleWAL-e chef cookbook
Postgres has various backup and restore optionshttp://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/backup.htmlDo you have a recovery plan in case your Postgres server crashes - your daily pg_dump is probably not...
View ArticlePuppet Solo (AKA: supply_drop)
Similar to knife-solo for use with chef, supply_drop allows you to provision servers using puppet without the need for a puppet master server. It uses capistrano for executing commands on the remote...
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