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bash < <(curl -s https://rvm.beginrescueend.com/install/rvm)
echo '[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && . "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" # Load RVM function' >> ~/.bash_profile
source .bash_profile
type rvm | head -1
# this command should say 'rvm is a function'
rvm install 1.9.2

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wget ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.2-preview3.tar.gz
tar -xvf ruby-1.9.2-preview3.tar.gz
cd ruby-1.9.2-preview3
./configure
make
sudo make install
ruby -v #just checking to make sure it installed.. output = ruby 1.9.2dev (2010-05-31 revision 28117) [x86_64-linux]
cd ..

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sudo rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm
sudo yum -y install gcc gcc-c++ make zlib zlib-devel openssl openssl-devel git expect pcre pcre-devel readline-devel mysql mysql-devel libxml2 libxml2-devel libxslt libxslt-devel

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useradd app_user
passwd app_user
vi /etc/sudoers  #open sudoers in your favorite text edit
# add the following line below "root ALL=(ALL) ALL" :
# app_user ALL=(ALL) ALL
# save file and exit

#disable root login from ssh, so nobody is able to brute force a root login
vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
#uncomment "PermitRootLogin yes" and change it to "PermitRootLogin no"

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def round_to_fraction(number,fraction = 0.5)
  multiplier = 1.0 / fraction
  (multiplier*number).round / multiplier
end

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namespace :app_tasks do
  desc "create initial paper_trail version for existing records"
  task(:create_paper_trail_versions => :environment) do
    
    #MONKEY PATCH
    module PaperTrail
      module Model
        module InstanceMethods
          def create_initial_pt_version
            record_create if versions.blank?

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class WidgetsController < ApplicationController
  caches_action :show, :if => Proc.new { |x| x.cacheable? }

  def show
  #...
  end
end

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<% private_cache("my_private_cache") do %>

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module ApplicationHelper
  def private_cache (name = {}, &block)
    if @user.blank?
      yield and return #note.. I had to add this return..otherwise it rendered twice
    else
      cache(name, &block)
    end
  end
end

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expire_fragment(:controller=>"widget",:action=>"index", :action_prefix=>"some_prefix")
expire_fragment("some_name")