technicalpickles

Factory.define :application do |factory|
  factory.attachment(:sample, "public/samples/sample.doc", "application/msword")
end

technicalpickles

module God
  module Conditions
    class RestartFileTouched < PollCondition
      attr_accessor :restart_file
      def initialize    
        super                   
      end               

      def process_start_time
        Time.parse(`ps -o lstart  -p #{self.watch.pid} --no-heading`)

divineforest

#!/bin/sh

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:             god
# Required-Start:       $all
# Required-Stop:        $all
# Default-Start:        2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:         0 1 6
# Short-Description:    God
### END INIT INFO

superbrothers

FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :application do
    attachment :sample, "public/samples/sample.doc", "application/msword"
  end
end

german

# run with: god -c /path/to/config.god [add -D if you want to not-deamonize god] 
# This is the actual config file used to keep the delayed_job running 

APPLICATION_ROOT = "/var/www/application"
RAILS_ENV = "production"

God.watch do |w| 
  w.name = "delayed_job_production"
  w.interval = 15.seconds 
  w.start = "/bin/bash -c 'cd #{APPLICATION_ROOT}/current; /usr/bin/env RAILS_ENV=#{RAILS_ENV} #{APPLICATION_ROOT}/current/script/delayed_job start > /tmp/delay_job.out'"

enthal

class PeopleController < ApplicationController
  before_filter :authenticate_user!, :except => [:index, :show]
...
end

rauchg

New URL

https://github.com/guille/ms.js

rafamoreira

# for more info: https://gist.github.com/1120938

ryanb

module Abilities
  def self.ability_for(user)
    if user.admin?
      AdminAbility.new(user)
    else user
      MemberAbility.new(user)
    else
      GuestAbility.new
    end
  end

ryanb

My issues with Modules

In researching topics for RailsCasts I often read code in Rails and other gems. This is a great exercise to do. Not only will you pick up some coding tips, but it can help you better understand what makes code readable.

A common practice to organize code in gems is to divide it into modules. When this is done extensively I find it becomes very difficult to read. Before I explain further, a quick detour on instance_eval.

You can find instance_eval used in many DSLs: from routes to state machines. Here's an example from Thinking Sphinx.

class Article < ActiveRecord::Base