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@eligrey
eligrey / object-watch.js
Created April 30, 2010 01:38
object.watch polyfill in ES5
/*
* object.watch polyfill
*
* 2012-04-03
*
* By Eli Grey, http://eligrey.com
* Public Domain.
* NO WARRANTY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
*/
@skojin
skojin / irb_require_without_bundler_hack.rb
Created January 25, 2011 13:33
workaround to load irb specific gem (loaded in .irbrc) in bundler environment, like rails3 console
# Add all gems in the global gemset to the $LOAD_PATH so they can be used in rails3 console with bundler
if defined?(::Bundler)
$LOAD_PATH.concat Dir.glob("#{ENV['rvm_path']}/gems/#{ENV['rvm_ruby_string']}@global/gems/*/lib")
end
@gilesbowkett
gilesbowkett / migration.rb
Created June 13, 2011 05:38
Rails migrations which automatically put the new filename in your paste buffer
# this monkey-patches code defined in railties-3.1.0.rc1/lib/rails/generators/migration.rb
# (obviously, this might differ very slightly in the latest release candidate)
module Rails
module Generators
module Migration
module ClassMethods
# differs from the "real" version by only one line
def migration_template(source, destination=nil, config={})
destination = File.expand_path(destination || source, self.destination_root)

Transactions

As your business logic gets complex you may need to implement transactions. The classic example is a bank funds transfer from account A to account B. If the withdrawal from account A fails then the deposit to account B should either never take place or be rolled back.

Basics

All the complexity is handled by ActiveRecord::Transactions. Any model class or instance has a method named .transaction. When called and passed a block, that block will be executed inside a database transaction. If there's an exception raised, the transaction will automatically be rolled back.

Example

@spicycode
spicycode / tmux.conf
Created September 20, 2011 16:43
The best and greatest tmux.conf ever
# 0 is too far from ` ;)
set -g base-index 1
# Automatically set window title
set-window-option -g automatic-rename on
set-option -g set-titles on
#set -g default-terminal screen-256color
set -g status-keys vi
set -g history-limit 10000
@TeWu
TeWu / gist:1234573
Last active February 2, 2022 20:23
TCP client and multithreaded server in 14 lines of Ruby code

TCP client and multithreaded server in 14 lines of Ruby code

Server:

require "socket"
server = TCPServer.open(2626)
loop do
	Thread.fork(server.accept) do |client| 
 client.puts("Hello, I'm Ruby TCP server", "I'm disconnecting, bye :*")
@jwo
jwo / registrations_controller.rb
Created September 30, 2011 23:11
API JSON authentication with Devise
class Api::RegistrationsController < Api::BaseController
respond_to :json
def create
user = User.new(params[:user])
if user.save
render :json=> user.as_json(:auth_token=>user.authentication_token, :email=>user.email), :status=>201
return
else
@ryanlecompte
ryanlecompte / gist:1283413
Created October 13, 2011 04:50
Providing an ActiveRecord-like before_filter capability to arbitrary Ruby classes
# First the end result of what we want:
class Foo
before_hook :whoa
before_hook :amazing
def test
puts "This is kinda cool!"
end
@uhlenbrock
uhlenbrock / deploy.rb
Created December 14, 2011 17:36
Precompile assets locally for Capistrano deploy
load 'deploy/assets'
namespace :deploy do
namespace :assets do
desc 'Run the precompile task locally and rsync with shared'
task :precompile, :roles => :web, :except => { :no_release => true } do
%x{bundle exec rake assets:precompile}
%x{rsync --recursive --times --rsh=ssh --compress --human-readable --progress public/assets #{user}@#{host}:#{shared_path}}
%x{bundle exec rake assets:clean}
end
@santiycr
santiycr / TestingUploadSe2Sauce.java
Created December 22, 2011 04:44
Remote File Upload using Selenium 2's FileDetectors
import junit.framework.Assert;
import junit.framework.TestCase;
import org.openqa.selenium.*;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.*;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
public class TestingUploadSe2Sauce extends TestCase {
private RemoteWebDriver driver;