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Rails 3 Insecure Defaults

By default Rails does not provide CSRF protection for any HTTP GET request

match 'products/:id/purchase' => 'catalog#purchase', :as => :purchase

• Best Practice:

• Either specify HTTP verbs or use via: :all when adding routes with #match

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// @author: Vishal Telangre <the@vishaltelangre.com>
// Published under MIT license.
//
// Requires: jQuery
//
// Usage:
//
// ieInspector.isIe
//  -- returns
//     - true for IE browsers

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Sublime Text 2 – Useful Shortcuts

Editing

Ctrl+C	copy current line (if no selection)
Ctrl+X	cut current line (if no selection)
Ctrl+⇧+K	delete line
Ctrl+↩	insert line after
Ctrl+⇧+↩	insert line before
Ctrl+⇧+↑	move line (or selection) up

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# places_controller.rb
class PlacesController < ApplicationController
  def index
    @place[:map_data] = Places.find(params[:id]).to_gmaps4rails
    respond_to do |format|
      format.html
    end
  end
end

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/**
 * Read the JavaScript cookies tutorial at:
 *   http://www.netspade.com/articles/javascript/cookies.xml
 */

/**
 * Sets a Cookie with the given name and value.
 *
 * name       Name of the cookie
 * value      Value of the cookie

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// USAGE

function Person(el) {
  this.name = '';

  $(el).change(jQuery.proxy(function(event) {
      this.name = event.target.value;
  }, this));
}

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# take dump of specific db
mysqldump -u vishal -p foo_db_dev > foo_db_dev_dump.sql

# take dump of all available databases
mysqldump -u vishal -p -r -A > foo_db_dev_dump.sql

# import dump of specific db
mysql --verbose -u vishal -p --default-character-set=utf8 foo_db_dev < foo_db_dev_dump.sql

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def try_chain
  yield
rescue NoMethodError
  nil
end

def title
  try_chain { output.data.title }
end

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// check flash support for visitor browser
function isFlashSupported() {
  var hasFlash = false;
  try {
    var fo = new ActiveXObject('ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash');
    if(fo) hasFlash = true;
  }catch(e){
    if(navigator.mimeTypes ["application/x-shockwave-flash"] != undefined) {
      hasFlash = true;
    }