njonsson

Someone recently asked the following question in the discussion forum of the Rubyists LinkedIn group: What separates a junior Rails developer from a senior one?

My response follows. Join us at http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=120725 to weigh in on this and other topics of interest to Rubyists. As of today there are almost 1,200 members, including numerous movers and shakers in the Ruby and Rails communities.

“Distinguishing between junior and senior people in the Rails world is not so different from making the distinction in other web development environments.

“Junior Rails people have not dealt with scaling issues to the degree that senior people have. Getting a public-facing Rails application to perform under significant stress is more challenging than doing the same with other building materials such as PHP. Senior people know how to performance-test Rails applications, where to look for bottlenecks, and how to eliminate them one after another until performance is acceptable in real conditions. The Ra

ryansch

require 'md5'

class Chargify::HooksController < ApplicationController
	protect_from_forgery :except => :dispatch
	before_filter :verify, :only => :dispatch

	EVENTS = %w[ test signup_success signup_failure renewal_success renewal_failure payment_success payment_failure billing_date_change subscription_state_change subscription_product_change ].freeze

	def dispatch
		event = params[:event]

spraints

Subscriptions with stripe

Code examples use the stripe ruby gem. Most of the links are to stripe's documentation.

![stripe's object model][stripe_object_model_diagram]

Initial setup

To start, create some plans.

tmcallister

FAYE_TOKEN = 'secretToken'

if defined? Rails

  if Rails.env == 'development'
    FAYE_URI   = "http://#{APP_CONFIG[:nameremoved_service][:host]}:9292/faye"
  else
    FAYE_URI   = "https://#{APP_CONFIG[:nameremoved_service][:host]}/faye"
  end

shu0115

/* Example tokeninput style #1: Token vertical list*/
ul.token-input-list {
    overflow: hidden; 
    height: auto !important; 
    height: 1%;
    width: 400px;
    border: 1px solid #999;
    cursor: text;
    font-size: 12px;
    font-family: Verdana;

jimmynotjim

##Simply annoying Tweets

Annoyingly extended words (4+ of the same letter in a phrase): OOOOHHHHMMMMYYYYGGGGOOOODDDD

([a-z])/1{4}

Tweet w/ just a single hashtag: #omgthissucks

^ *#[^ ]+$

robinsloan

require "rubygems"
require "twitter"
require "json"

# things you must configure
TWITTER_USER = "your_username"
MAX_AGE_IN_DAYS = 1 # anything older than this is deleted

# get these from dev.twitter.com
CONSUMER_KEY = "your_consumer_key"

DanHerbert

OBSOLETE

This entire guide is based on an old version of Homebrew/Node and no longer applies. It was only ever intended to fix a specific error message which has since been fixed. I've kept it here for historical purposes, but it should no longer be used. Homebrew maintainers have fixed things and the options mentioned don't exist and won't work.

I still believe it is better to manually install npm separately since having a generic package manager maintain another package manager is a bad idea, but the instructions below don't explain how to do that.

Fixing npm On Mac OS X for Homebrew Users

Installing node through Homebrew can cause problems with npm for globally installed packages. To fix it quickly, use the solution below. An explanation is also included at the end of this document.

kevinelliott

Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite

Custom recipe to get OS X 10.10 Yosemite running from scratch, setup applications and developer environment. I use this gist to keep track of the important software and steps required to have a functioning system after a semi-annual fresh install. On average, I reinstall each computer from scratch every 6 months, and I do not perform upgrades between distros.

This keeps the system performing at top speeds, clean of trojans, spyware, and ensures that I maintain good organizational practices for my content and backups. I highly recommend this.

You are encouraged to fork this and modify it to your heart's content to match your own needs.

Install Software

prokizzle

class AuthenticatedScraper
  def initialize(args)
    if args[:session]
      @cookie_jar = args[:session]
      @agent = Mechanize.new
      @agent.cookie_jar = load_session(@cookie_jar)
    else
      @agent = Mechanize.new
      @agent.login(args[:username], args[ password])
    end