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@zhengjia
zhengjia / capybara cheat sheet
Created June 7, 2010 01:35
capybara cheat sheet
=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')
@jcasimir
jcasimir / friendly_urls.markdown
Created September 11, 2011 15:48
Friendly URLs in Rails

Friendly URLs

By default, Rails applications build URLs based on the primary key -- the id column from the database. Imagine we have a Person model and associated controller. We have a person record for Bob Martin that has id number 6. The URL for his show page would be:

/people/6

But, for aesthetic or SEO purposes, we want Bob's name in the URL. The last segment, the 6 here, is called the "slug". Let's look at a few ways to implement better slugs.

@jonnyreeves
jonnyreeves / testrunner.html
Created June 2, 2012 13:32
Unit Testing Promises with Sinon.js
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/qunit/git/qunit.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />
<!-- when.js Promises implementation -->
<script src="https://raw.github.com/cujojs/when/master/when.js"></script>
<!-- Unit testing and mocking framework -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/qunit/git/qunit.js"></script>
@romanbsd
romanbsd / gzip.rb
Created October 15, 2012 13:11
Faraday gzip response middleware
require 'faraday'
require 'zlib'
module FaradayMiddleware
class Gzip < Faraday::Response::Middleware
def on_complete(env)
encoding = env[:response_headers]['content-encoding'].to_s.downcase
case encoding
when 'gzip'
@ryansobol
ryansobol / gist:5252653
Last active November 22, 2023 11:53
15 Questions to Ask During a Ruby Interview

Originally published in June 2008

When hiring Ruby on Rails programmers, knowing the right questions to ask during an interview was a real challenge for me at first. In 30 minutes or less, it's difficult to get a solid read on a candidate's skill set without looking at code they've previously written. And in the corporate/enterprise world, I often don't have access to their previous work.

To ensure we hired competent ruby developers at my last job, I created a list of 15 ruby questions -- a ruby measuring stick if you will -- to select the cream of the crop that walked through our doors.

What to expect

Candidates will typically give you a range of responses based on their experience and personality. So it's up to you to decide the correctness of their answer.

@elidickinson
elidickinson / max_width_email.html
Created May 6, 2013 15:10
Email Template trick: max-width with outlook
<!--[if mso]>
<center>
<table><tr><td width="580">
<![endif]-->
<div style="max-width:580px; margin:0 auto;">
<p>This text will be centered and constrained to 580 pixels even on Outlook which does not support max-width CSS</p>
</div>
<!--[if mso]>
@iamatypeofwalrus
iamatypeofwalrus / Bootsrap 3.0_in_Rails.md
Last active February 9, 2022 15:27
Add Bootstrap to your Rails app without a Gem

Bootstrap 3.0 in Rails without a Gem

What is Bootstrap?

It's a collection of CSS styles and Javascript add-ons that stop your site from looking like a shitty craigslist rip off from 1996. Seriously, who wants that?

Docs: CSS, Components, Javascript

Why Install It This Way?

Finding the right gem, keeping it updated, and learning the syntax is a pain in the ass. Why not install Bootstrap the way you'd install new javascript libraries?

@maxim
maxim / rails_load_path_tips.md
Last active April 13, 2023 13:28
How to use rails load paths, app, and lib directories.

In Rails 3

NOTE: This post now lives (and kept up to date) on my blog: http://hakunin.com/rails3-load-paths

If you add a dir directly under app/

Do nothing. All files in this dir are eager loaded in production and lazy loaded in development by default.

If you add a dir under app/something/

@tomas-stefano
tomas-stefano / Capybara.md
Last active July 3, 2024 12:47
Capybara cheatsheet

Capybara Actions

# Anchor
click_link 'Save'

# Button
click_button 'awesome'

# Both above
@irazasyed
irazasyed / homebrew-permissions-issue.md
Last active June 14, 2024 17:01
Homebrew: Permissions Denied Issue Fix (OS X / macOS)

Homebrew Permissions Denied Issues Solution

sudo chown -R $(whoami) $(brew --prefix)/*