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@topfunky
topfunky / Cakefile
Created April 14, 2011 22:18
Watch both Sass and Coffee files and compile on change (for Node.js)
###
Modified from https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/blob/master/Cakefile
Part of an upcoming PeepCode screencast. This snippet is MIT Licensed.
###
{spawn, exec} = require 'child_process'
task 'assets:watch', 'Watch source files and build JS & CSS', (options) ->
runCommand = (name, args) ->
@mathieul
mathieul / gist:966776
Created May 11, 2011 16:12
Require files using RequireJS before running Jasmine specs
/*
* jasmine.requirejs() returns a function that will load the file(s) required
* and will wait until it's done before proceeding with running specs.
* The function returned is intended to be passed to beforeEach() so the file(s)
* is(are) loaded before running each spec.
*
* Syntax:
*
* jasmine.requirejs(options, files)
* or
@durran
durran / simple_form.rb
Created September 16, 2011 11:25
Mongoid with simple form.
module SimpleForm
class FormBuilder
alias _find_association_reflectio find_association_reflection
def find_association_reflection(association) #:nodoc:
if reflection = _find_association_reflectio(association)
ActiveModelMetadataProxy.new reflection
end
end
@mattetti
mattetti / face_detector.rb
Created December 1, 2011 15:11 — forked from seanlilmateus/gist:1386468
Macruby Face Detection in Mac OS X Lion. Usage: $ macruby face_detector.rb or $ macruby face_detector.rb image_url
framework 'Cocoa'
class NSColor
def toCGColor
color_RGB = colorUsingColorSpaceName(NSCalibratedRGBColorSpace)
## approach #1
# components = Array.new(4){Pointer.new(:double)}
# color_RGB.getRed(components[0],
# green: components[1],
# blue: components[2],
@sethbro
sethbro / test_helper.rb
Created January 13, 2012 18:19
MiniTest::Spec with Rails setup
ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = "test"
require File.expand_path('../../config/environment', __FILE__)
require 'rails/test_help'
require 'minitest/autorun'
require 'minitest/pride'
require 'capybara/rails'
class MiniTest::Spec
include ActiveSupport::Testing::SetupAndTeardown
@wycats
wycats / 0_app.rb
Created April 19, 2012 10:22
Example of using a simple future library for parallel HTTP requests
class TicketsController < ApplicationController
def show
tickets = params[:tickets].split(",")
ticket_data = tickets.map do |ticket|
parallel { Faraday.get("http://tickets.local/#{ticket}") }
end
render json: { tickets: ticket_data.map(&:result) }
end
@ryanb
ryanb / spec_helper.rb
Created September 12, 2011 21:37
Use RSpec tags to add behavior around specs.
# Add this to your spec_helper.rb
RSpec.configure do |config|
config.treat_symbols_as_metadata_keys_with_true_values = true
config.around(:each, :vcr) do |example|
name = example.metadata[:full_description].downcase.gsub(/\W+/, "_").split("_", 2).join("/")
VCR.use_cassette(name, :record => :new_episodes) do
example.call
end
end
end
@ryanb
ryanb / spec_helper.rb
Created September 12, 2011 21:29
Focus on specific specs in RSpec
# add this to your spec helper
RSpec.configure do |config|
config.treat_symbols_as_metadata_keys_with_true_values = true
config.filter_run :focus => true
config.run_all_when_everything_filtered = true
end
# and then use the :focus tag in your specs
it "does something awesome", :focus do
@samgranieri
samgranieri / 0-readme.md
Last active December 12, 2015 12:29 — forked from burke/0-readme.md

ruby-1.9.3-p385 cumulative performance patch for rbenv

This installs a patched ruby 1.9.3-p385 with various performance improvements and a backported COW-friendly GC, all courtesy of funny-falcon.

Requirements

You will also need a C Compiler. If you're on Linux, you probably already have one or know how to install one. On OS X, you should install XCode, and brew install autoconf using homebrew.

Don't use MongoDB

I've kept quiet for awhile for various political reasons, but I now feel a kind of social responsibility to deter people from banking their business on MongoDB.

Our team did serious load on MongoDB on a large (10s of millions of users, high profile company) userbase, expecting, from early good experiences, that the long-term scalability benefits touted by 10gen