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@willurd
willurd / web-servers.md
Last active November 18, 2025 14:46
Big list of http static server one-liners

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

Discussion on reddit.

Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000
@ryansobol
ryansobol / gist:5252653
Last active November 4, 2025 18:51
15 Questions to Ask During a Ruby Interview

Originally published in June 2008

When hiring Ruby on Rails programmers, knowing the right questions to ask during an interview was a real challenge for me at first. In 30 minutes or less, it's difficult to get a solid read on a candidate's skill set without looking at code they've previously written. And in the corporate/enterprise world, I often don't have access to their previous work.

To ensure we hired competent ruby developers at my last job, I created a list of 15 ruby questions -- a ruby measuring stick if you will -- to select the cream of the crop that walked through our doors.

What to expect

Candidates will typically give you a range of responses based on their experience and personality. So it's up to you to decide the correctness of their answer.

@p1nox
p1nox / postgresql_configuration_on_ubuntu_for_rails.md
Last active September 5, 2025 05:28
PostgreSQL configuration without password on Ubuntu for Rails

Abstract

You could have postgre installed on localhost with password (or without user or password seted after instalation) but if we are developing we really don't need password, so configuring postgre server without password for all your rails project is usefull.

Install Postgre packages

  • postgresql
  • postgresql-client
  • libpq-dev
@keighl
keighl / application.rb
Created December 19, 2012 16:42
Faster Rails asset precompilation via Capistrano .. just do it locally!
# Speed things up by not loading Rails env
config.assets.initialize_on_precompile = false
@jcowhigjr
jcowhigjr / spree-api-rest-examples.md
Created November 5, 2012 23:58
Spree API REST Examples

Products

index of products 25 first

curl -i -H "X-Spree-Token: YOUR_TOKEN_ID" http://0.0.0.0:3000/api/products.json

Show a product

curl -i -H "X-Spree-Token: YOUR_TOKEN_ID" http://0.0.0.0:3000/api/products/706676762.json

Modify a product

curl -i -X PUT -H "X-Spree-Token: YOUR_TOKEN_ID" -d "product[name]=Headphones" http://0.0.0.0:3000/api/products/706676762.json

@subelsky
subelsky / casperjs_example.js
Created August 8, 2012 18:51
Webscraping with CasperJS, PhantomJS, jQuery, and XPath
var system = require('system');
if (system.args.length < 5) {
console.info("You need to pass in account name, username, password, and path to casperJS as arguments to this code.");
phantom.exit();
}
var account = system.args[1];
var username = system.args[2];
var password = system.args[3];
@cedricdekimpe
cedricdekimpe / application.js
Created May 29, 2012 09:27
How-to override window.confirm() dialog with Rails 3 and bootbox.js
//= require bootbox.min
@Ranger-X
Ranger-X / product_filters.rb
Created April 27, 2012 17:34
OptionValue filter
def ProductFilters.option_with_values(option_scope, option, values)
# get values IDs for Option with name {@option} and value-names in {@values} for use in SQL below
option_values = Spree::OptionValue.where(:presentation => [values].flatten).joins(:option_type).where(OptionType.table_name => {:name => option}).pluck("#{OptionValue.table_name}.id")
return option_scope if option_values.empty?
option_scope = option_scope.where("#{Product.table_name}.id in (select product_id from #{Variant.table_name} v left join spree_option_values_variants ov on ov.variant_id = v.id where ov.option_value_id in (?))", option_values)
option_scope
end
# option scope
@them0nk
them0nk / rspec_rails_cheetsheet.rb
Created March 23, 2012 03:39
Rspec Rails cheatsheet (include capybara matchers)
#Model
@user.should have(1).error_on(:username) # Checks whether there is an error in username
@user.errors[:username].should include("can't be blank") # check for the error message
#Rendering
response.should render_template(:index)
#Redirecting
response.should redirect_to(movies_path)
@jrochkind
jrochkind / gist:2161449
Created March 22, 2012 18:40
A Capistrano Rails Guide

A Capistrano Rails Guide

by Jonathan Rochkind, http://bibwild.wordpress.com

why cap?

Capistrano automates pushing out a new version of your application to a deployment location.

I've been writing and deploying Rails apps for a while, but I avoided using Capistrano until recently. I've got a pretty simple one-host deployment, and even though everyone said Capistrano was great, every time I tried to get started I just got snowed under not being able to figure out exactly what I wanted to do, and figured I wasn't having that much trouble doing it "manually".