Integralist

# When calling a method with a splat then the parameters are passed as a comma separated list
# When receiving arguments with a splat then they are converted into an Array
# When using a double splat (2.0+) then the argument is converted into a Hash (i.e. named parameters)

def foo(*args)
  p args
end

foo 'a', 'b', 'c'
# => ["a", "b", "c"]

iamatypeofwalrus

Print a stacktrace in Ruby or Rails without raising an exception

Why

You know what method is being and you want to figure out how it got there. Raising an exception is a bit harsh since all you want is a stack trace

How

puts caller

Seriously. It's that easy. If you're getting too much information you could

justinweiss

# Call scopes directly from your URL params:
#
#     @products = Product.filter(params.slice(:status, :location, :starts_with))
module Filterable
  extend ActiveSupport::Concern

  module ClassMethods
    
    # Call the class methods with names based on the keys in <tt>filtering_params</tt>
    # with their associated values. For example, "{ status: 'delayed' }" would call 

WizardOfOgz

class Avatar < ActiveRecord::Base

  attr_accessor :content_type, :original_filename, :image_data
  before_save :decode_base64_image

  has_attached_file :image,
    PAPERCLIP_CONFIG.merge(
    :styles => {
      :thumb => '32x32#',
      :medium => '64x64#',