Tag Archives: ruby on rails

The Simplest Possible Cucumber Test

I’m not really that good at testing. So what, so are a lot of people. Having some tests is better than none! And, the way testing tutorials are written can seem really complex and scary. Today I started thinking about … Continue reading

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Ruby on Rails MySQL Admin

This is about to kick phpMyAdmin’s ass: rbDB web-based mysql admin with conventions from Jessy Bernal on Vimeo. UPDATE: it’s on GitHub now! Try it out!

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404 error pages in Rails

I’m always trying to encourage visitors to my website to find the right information. I’m also pretty lazy with typing and want to be able to just guess at URL’s and see if they work. The new website system for … Continue reading

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Getting down to coding faster

When I reboot my mac, or need to switch projects, I had quite a few clicks and mouse movements to go through. I found it rather repetitive, so I set up a shell script (in ruby) to open Firefox, Textmate, … Continue reading

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Bookmarks for Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

Here’s what I’m reading and bookmarking this week on the web. Digital Web Magazine – How to Build a Green Business In an age of inconvenient truths, global warming, and “green is good” messages in the mass media, Sustainability has … Continue reading

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Rake Tasks for dumping mysql

I have definitely used sqlite database files but I also like sticking to mysql, because I know that’s what I’ll use on the the server. I’ve created some rake tasks to help me in this process. As usual, they go … Continue reading

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