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Using the Rails way

# export the database
# use gem 'seed_dump'
# which writes all your data into db/seeds.rb
rake db:seed:dump

# import the database
# upload seeds.rb to server

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Git Tagging

• Git tagging is like a mark where you mark a specific commit so that you can track how many commits ahead you are from that mark (tag)
• A tag can only mark a commit, not multiple commits

# commit something first

# tag a commit (will tag last commit)
git tag -a v1.0 -m 'An intelligent message'

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Subdomain setup

# Note that you may want to uncomment NameVirtualHost *:80 in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf to unset warnings for conflicted *:80

Listen 801
Listen 802
Listen 803
Listen 804

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• Download VirtualBox from http://virtualbox.org/
• Download the IE versions from http://modern.ie/
• Follow the instructions from Modern.ie to extract the OVA file
• Open VirtualBox and select "File" > "Import Appliance"
• Select the OVA file
• ENSURE 'Reinitialize the MAC address of all network cards' is checked
• Start up the Virtual Machine after you have imported the OVA
• In Windows, open Internet Explorer
• Go to http://10.0.2.2:3000 to access your Rails server

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Useful links:

• Grid Options: http://getbootstrap.com/css/#grid-options

Adding Bootstrap to Rails

• Download Bootstrap
• Copy bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css and bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css to vendor/assets/stylesheets
• Copy bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js and bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js to vendor/assets/javascripts
• Update app/assets/stylesheets/application.css *= require bootstrap
• Update app/assets/javascripts/application.js //= require bootstrap

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This resolves the issues of writing files to NTFS disks on mac.

• Plug in your drive
• Run the script below (Replace DRIVENAME with your drive name)
• Unplug your drive and plug it in again
• You won't see your drive on the desktop or finder
• Type open /Volumes and you will be able to see your drive
• Write your files!!!

Tip: To unmount the disk, type diskutil unmount /Volumes/DRIVENAME

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Setup Steps

• Refer to this website: http://blog.55minutes.com/2013/01/lightning-fast-sass-reloading-in-rails-32/

# Gemfile
group :development do
  gem 'guard',              :require => false
  gem 'guard-livereload',   :require => false
 gem 'rack-livereload'

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VIM Setup

• Use macvim
• brew install macvim --override-system-vim
  or install without macvim
• brew install mercurial
• brew install vim

VIM Bundles using vundle

• Setup your vim to use vundle to install bundles: https://github.com/gmarik/vundle

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• Download and setup VirtualBox
• Download GenyMotion from https://cloud.genymotion.com/page/launchpad/download/
• Install and start!

To access your POW site from GenyMotion, use http://project.192.168.56.1.xip.io (Ref: http://bbowden.tumblr.com/post/58650831283/accessing-a-localhost-server-from-the-genymotion)

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Testing HTML5 compatibility of your browsers

• Works for mobile browsers too
• http://html5test.com/