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@defunkt
defunkt / connection_fix.rb
Created November 19, 2009 20:00
MySQL server has gone away fix
# If your workers are inactive for a long period of time, they'll lose
# their MySQL connection.
#
# This hack ensures we re-connect whenever a connection is
# lost. Because, really. why not?
#
# Stick this in RAILS_ROOT/config/initializers/connection_fix.rb (or somewhere similar)
#
# From:
# http://coderrr.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/activerecord-threading-issues-and-resolutions/
@cjohansen
cjohansen / gist:739589
Created December 13, 2010 20:55
Showing how to fake server requests with Sinon.JS and Jasmine
/*
Load Sinon.JS in the SpecRunner:
<script type="text/javascript" src="lib/jasmine-1.0.1/jasmine.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="lib/jasmine-1.0.1/jasmine-html.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="sinon-1.0.0.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="sinon-ie-1.0.0.js"></script>
http://cjohansen.no/sinon/
*/
@tenderlove
tenderlove / person_test.rb
Created February 10, 2011 23:04
Use minitest/spec with Rails 3
require 'test_helper'
require 'minitest/autorun'
module Tenderlove
class Spec < MiniTest::Spec
include ActiveSupport::Testing::SetupAndTeardown
include ActiveRecord::TestFixtures
alias :method_name :__name__ if defined? :__name__
self.fixture_path = File.join(Rails.root, 'test', 'fixtures')
@munhitsu
munhitsu / gist:1034876
Last active November 29, 2020 09:10
python 2.7.5 install on OSX (10.8+) using brew (pip, easy_install, virtualenv, virtualenvwrapper)
# In case you had some strange python installation
# NOTE: .pydistutils.cfg seems to be not compatible with brew install python
# areas I needed to clean before installation
# clean up ~/Library/Python
# clean up .local
# preconditions:
# xcode with command line tools installed
xcode-select --install
@bryckbost
bryckbost / gist:1040263
Created June 22, 2011 14:54
Capybara 1.0 and Chrome
# env.rb
Capybara.register_driver :selenium do |app|
Capybara::Selenium::Driver.new(app, :browser => :chrome)
end
Download chromedriver from http://code.google.com/p/selenium/downloads/list
mv chromedriver to /usr/local/bin so it's in your path.
@jcasimir
jcasimir / filters.markdown
Created July 22, 2011 18:14
Controller Filters

Controller Filters

The Rails REST implementation dictates the default seven actions for your controllers, but frequently we want to share functionality across multiple actions or even across controllers. Controller filters are the easiest way to do that.

Before, After, and Around

There are three types of filters implemented in Rails:

  • a before_filter runs before the controller action
  • an after_filter runs after the controller action
@cmhobbs
cmhobbs / notifier.rb
Created August 16, 2011 21:22
Resque multiple failure notifier via postmark
# this goes in lib/resque/failure/notifier.rb
require 'resque/failure/multiple'
require 'resque/failure/redis'
require 'postmark'
require 'mail'
module Resque
module Failure
class Notifier < Base
@sinisterchipmunk
sinisterchipmunk / LICENSE
Last active September 8, 2023 17:57
tar, gzip, and untar files using ruby in memory without tempfiles
Copyright (C) 2011 by Colin MacKenzie IV
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
@clooth
clooth / michaels_helper.rb
Created December 13, 2011 13:01
how about this
module ApplicationHelper
def markdown(text, *renderer)
case renderer[0]
props = {
hard_wrap: true,
gh_blockcode: true,
safe_links_only: true,
filter_html: true
}
when :authored