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# Make gems available | |
require 'rubygems' | |
# http://drnicutilities.rubyforge.org/map_by_method/ | |
begin | |
require 'map_by_method' | |
rescue LoadError | |
puts "map_by_method is not installed. To enable, run: gem install map_by_method" | |
end |
# My new git commit shortcut, thanks to http://whatthecommit.com/ :-) | |
alias commit='git commit -m "$(curl -s http://whatthecommit.com/ |grep '<p>' |cut -c 4-)"' |
# put this method definition in your .irbrc | |
def log_to(stream = STDOUT) | |
ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new(stream) | |
ActiveRecord::Base.clear_active_connections! | |
end |
%w(id foo under_score bar batz_score) | |
["id", "foo", "under_score", "bar", "batz_score"] | |
[:id, :foo, :under_score, :bar, :batz_score] |
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http://jasonrudolph.com/blog/2011/08/09/programming-achievements-how-to-level-up-as-a-developer
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