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# Resize selenium browser window to avoid Selenium::WebDriver::Error::MoveTargetOutOfBoundsError errors
#
# Example usage with Rspec (in spec/support/spec_helper.rb):
#     
#   config.before(:each) do
#     set_selenium_window_size(1250, 800) if Capybara.current_driver == :selenium
#   end
#
def set_selenium_window_size(width, height)
  window = Capybara.current_session.driver.browser.manage.window

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=Navigating=
    visit('/projects')
    visit(post_comments_path(post))

=Clicking links and buttons=
    click_link('id-of-link')
    click_link('Link Text')
    click_button('Save')
    click('Link Text') # Click either a link or a button
    click('Button Value')

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# http://stackoverflow.com/a/8936202
#
# ActiveAdmin already includes the necessary jquery in active_admin/base,
# so just add this to javascripts/active_admin.js after //= require active_admin/base
# 
# 
# Serialize and Sort 
# 
# model_name - you guessed it, the name of the model we are calling sort on.
#              This is the actual variable name, no need to change it.

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YARD CHEATSHEET http://yardoc.org

cribbed from http://pastebin.com/xgzeAmBn

Templates to remind you of the options and formatting for the different types of objects you might want to document using YARD.

Running local YARD server

regenerates docs for each request

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require 'bundler/capistrano'

set :application, "net"
set :repository,  "git@githost.com:net.git"

set :scm, :git

set :default_environment, {
  'PATH' => "$HOME/.rbenv/shims:$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"
}

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installing postgresql 9.3.2 on ubuntu 12.04

follow official guide

$ echo "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ precise-pgdg main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list
$ wget --quiet -O - https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install postgresql-9.3 postgresql-contrib-9.3

you should succesfully installing postgresql 9.3.2 on your machine.

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# rubocop config files for small Rails4/Ruby2 project
# blog post: http://joanswork.com/rubocop-rails-getting-started/

# .rubocop.yml

AllCops:
  Include:
    - Rakefile
    - config.ru
  Exclude:

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# replace file basename with a UUID when uploaded
# e.g.: avatar.jpg becomes 41bf830f-80cf-4efe-ad90-3b29bc6708b5.jpg
# but don't regenerate a UUID each time file url is accessed
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_attached_file :avatar, path: ":basename.:extension"

  before_validation { set_avatar_file_name }

  def set_avatar_file_name
    # replace any NEW filename with a UUID

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#! /bin/bash
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:            redis-server
# Required-Start:      $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop:       $remote_fs $syslog
# Should-Start:        $local_fs
# Should-Stop:         $local_fs
# Default-Start:       2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:        0 1 6
# Short-Description:   redis-server - Persistent key-value db

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/*
 * Random-Number Utilities (randutil)
 *     Addresses common issues with C++11 random number generation.
 *     Makes good seeding easier, and makes using RNGs easy while retaining
 *     all the power.
 *
 * The MIT License (MIT)
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2015 Melissa E. O'Neill
 *