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Rack::Flash
In the past when I’ve needed Rails-like session flash in a Sinatra app, I had to hand roll my own (which, admittedly, is pretty fun) and add it as a helper. But now it’s a much better idea to use...
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Testing nested resources with rspec
I’ve been using rspec quite a bit lately, but ran into a small roadblock when I needed to test nested resources in Rails. After a quick Google search and a few IMs later, here’s the solution I came up...
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50+ Ruby-related Blogs to Read
http://rubylearning.com/blog/2009/03/12/50-ruby-related-blogs-to-read/
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Format ruby code for your blog
I started using Scanty for this blog and found that I needed to learn a little about Syntax, Jamis Buck’s gem used to do the formatting. Here are a few resources that got me going…...
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Rendering different layouts with Sinatra
My first post on this blog was Explicit layouts for Sinatra. There was a post (Rendering different layouts with Sinatra) a few days ago on GITTR that uses a similar technique, though they use one...
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Ruby Tip #1: No braces required to interpolate global, instance, or class...
Right there on page 15 of the Pickaxe is where you’ll find today’s tip. When interpolating variables within a double quoted string, we typically use #{var_name} to interpolate variables. Ruby provides...
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Symbol#to_proc (&:)
If you’ve ever seen “&:” and wondered what it does, then here’s a quick overview of what this little shortcut can do. I’ve provided a simple example without going too deep into the details. (but...
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Sending email with Ruby on Rails 2.3.2+ and Gmail
I’ve seen several posts on using Gmail with Ruby on Rails ActionMailer, but had to go through a little trial and error to get it to work. First, you’ll need collectiveidea’s action_mailer_optional_tls...
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Compile Gnuplot on Mac Snow Leopard
There is an incompatibility between Gnuplot and the readline library shipping with Snow Leopard (and 10.5). If you get these errors: Undefined symbols: “_rl_ding”, referenced from: _alert in mouse.o...
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