Solutions Journal
Limiting do blocks
Wednesday, Dec 17, 2008 at 08:23 AM | Solutions
If you want to limit the loop to a certain number of items in: service.photos.each do |photo| You can do this: service.photos[(0..2)].each do |photo| And it will grab the first... Read more
Missing Gem Echoe
Tuesday, Dec 09, 2008 at 07:46 PM | Solutions
Just in case you manually update rubygems by doing: sudo gem install rubygems-update sudo update_rubygems And you get this error in your app: Could not find RubyGem echoe (>= 0)... Read more
Creating a Mysql db on Ubuntu
Tuesday, Dec 09, 2008 at 01:30 PM | Solutions
To create a mysql db on ubuntu, ssh into your server and enter mysql by typing: mysql -u root -p Enter your password. You should be in the mysql prompt... Read more
Pushing an App Based on Bort to Github
Monday, Dec 08, 2008 at 03:49 PM | Solutions
If you have started an app with bort to save some time, you will have an issue pushing it to you repo on github. The issue is that bort already... Read more
Freeze to Specific Version of Rails
Sunday, Dec 07, 2008 at 10:34 PM | Solutions
If you need to freeze rails to a previous version than the latest build on your dev box, you can do this: rake rails:freeze:gems VERSION=2.1.1 Read more
Performance Plugins for Ruby on Rails
Wednesday, Nov 19, 2008 at 11:29 PM | Solutions
Well, in case you ever wanted to check out how you app is running, we recently tried out a couple of solutions: * New Relic * Five Runs New Relic... Read more
Installing Plugins With Git
Friday, Nov 14, 2008 at 09:52 AM | Solutions
Git is a great way to version control you project. We have been using it since March and have been very happy with it. One thing i always forget, though,... Read more
Two Little Good Ideas
Tuesday, Oct 28, 2008 at 12:28 AM | Solutions
Note to self... Fragment Caching only works in Views, not templates. Remember to put a link tag before the css link inside the head to prevent any flash of content.... Read more
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