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==Summary

  These instructions detail the configuration of an MS SQL database connection
  (and the associated software required) for Ruby on Rails or ActiveRecord. They
  rely heavily on input from a variety of blogs (noted with asterisks).

  I tested these during the setup of a dev workstation on a Mac Pro with OS X
  and a Preview server running CentOS and Plesk 8.6.0.

  It seems that ADO doesn't work (or is a nightmare to get working) on a Linux

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###############################################
# place in /app/helpers/application_helper.rb #
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def bodytag_id
  a = controller.class.to_s.underscore.gsub(/_controller$/, '')
  b = controller.action_name.underscore
  "#{a}-#{b}".gsub(/_/, '-')
end

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# *****************************************
#  .irbrc
#  
#  Tim Harvey - Literacy5
#  http://literacy5.com/
# 
#  Includes tons of visual sugar, based on the
#  work of:
#  
#  UnixMonkey - http://gist.github.com/254551

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#
#  Convert all ERB templates to HAML in app/views/
#
#  Notes
#  -- Will delete the existing erb templates
#  -- This is a tweaked version from http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/6838
#
#  Usage
#  -- Save as 'hamlize.rb' in APP_PATh/script/
#  -- Run with 'ruby script/hamlize.rb' in your app root

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-- Colorize the terminal Git display

git config --global color.interactive always
git config --global color.diff always
git config --global color.status always
git config --global color.branch always

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# -----------------------------------------
#  Extract DB to YML in Rails
#    (Put this in "extract_fixtures.rake" in
#     the lib/tasks folder)
# -----------------------------------------

namespace :db do
  desc 'Create YAML test fixtures from data in an existing database. Defaults to development database.  Set RAILS_ENV to override.'
  task :extract_fixtures => :environment do
    sql  = "SELECT * FROM %s"

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# *****************************************
#  Bootstrap an app DB, loading up sample
#  data and performing any db population
#  via Faker tasks (db:populate:all)
#
#  Comment out the db:populate line if you
#  don't have any population tasks and only
#  need to erase/reload the db from
#  migrations and sample data
#  

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- f.fields_for :user_achievements do |child_form|
  - if child_form.object.user == @user #This is stupid and dangerous
    = blah blah blah

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# -----------------------------------------
#  Oh My Zsh theme
# -----------------------------------------

# Inspired by "xiong-chiamiov" and "robbyrussell"

# Looks like:
# ┌─[tharvey@macbook] - [~/code/test_project] - [git:master ✗ Changed ✗]
# └─[$]>➜  

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class Tweet < ActiveRecord::Base
  def self.latest_text
    if Tweet.first.nil? || Tweet.first.created_at < ENV['CACHE_TIMEOUT'].to_i.minute.ago
      begin
        httpauth = Twitter::HTTPAuth.new(ENV['TWITTER_USR'], ENV['TWITTER_PWD'])
          client = Twitter::Base.new(httpauth)
        
        Tweet.delete_all
        
        client.user_timeline.each do |tweet|