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# In .irbrc
# then when you want to play with generating urls from the console, 
# just call make_urls and you're set.

def make_urls
  self.class.class_eval do
    include ActionController::UrlWriter
    mattr_accessor :default_url_options
  end
  self.class.default_url_options = {

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# Neater Github gem dependencies for Rails

module GithubGem
  def github_gem(gem_name, opts={})
    lib_name = gem_name.split('-', 2)[1]
    self.gem gem_name, {:lib => lib_name, :source => 'http://gems.github.com'}.merge(opts)
  end
end

Rails::Initializer.run do |config|

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Rails CMS alternatives
======================

Active projects:
---------------
adva-cms
  repo: http://github.com/svenfuchs/adva_cms/
  site: http://adva-cms.org/
  Last update: 11/24/09
  "the cutting edge Rails CMS platform"

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# In my test_helper

  def self.should_have_valid_test_data
    klass = self.name[/^(.*)Test$/, 1].constantize

    test "#{klass.name} should have valid fixtures" do
      invalids  = klass.all.reject{|m|m.valid?}
      message   = "Expected all #{klass.name} fixtures to be valid.\nInvalids:\n#{
                    invalids.map{|m| [m.errors.full_messages, m]}.pretty_inspect}"
      assert_block(message) { invalids.empty? }

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require 'rubygems'
require 'sinatra'
require 'activerecord'

#db settings
ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(
  :adapter => '',
  :encoding => '',
  :database => '',
  :username => '',

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# Why even the simple validations for ActiveRecord must also be tested.
# Can you spot the error?
validates_numericality_of :discount,  :allow_nil => false,
                                      :greater_than_or_equal => 0,
                                      :less_than_or_equal_to => 100,
                                      :if => :published?

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// Get the pagination information from the response headers

// Wrap Backbone.sync to save the pagination header on the response object.
Backbone.sync_with_pagination = function(method, model, success, error) {
  var success_with_pagination = function(resp, status, xhr) {
    resp.next_page = xhr.getResponseHeader('X-Next-Page');
    return success(resp);
  }
  return Backbone.sync_without_pagination(method, model, success_with_pagination, error);
};

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Some brief instructions on how to use Sprocket 2 in Rails to get CoffeeScript
powered JS and SASS powered CSS with YUI compression all via the magic of rack.

This stuff will be native in Rails 3.1 and the layout of the files on the
filesystem will be different but this guide will get you working with it
while we wait for all that to finalize.

Ignore the number prefixes on each file. This is just to ensure proper order in the Gist.

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# Let's face it. Ruby's Hash#to_s output isn't very useful.
# Here's a draft for a better version.

class Hash
  def to_s
    keys.inject([]) do |a, key|
      a << "#{key}: #{fetch(key)}"
    end.join(', ')
  end
end

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ActiveAdmin::Dashboards.build do
  # Add this section in your dashboard...

  section "Background Jobs" do
    now = Time.now.getgm
    ul do
      li do
        jobs = Delayed::Job.where('failed_at is not null').count(:id)
        link_to "#{jobs} failing jobs", admin_jobs_path(q: {failed_at_is_not_null: true}), style: 'color: red'
      end