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Amitesh / gist:1022715
Created June 13, 2011 12:47
Get hash of a model object
# For Ruby on Rails
# It will give hash of given model object
model_obj.serializable_hash
# Another way to get hash of a model object
ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(model_obj.to_json)
For MultiJson issue use
https://github.com/intridea/multi_json
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Amitesh / gist:1024607
Created June 14, 2011 09:52
request forgery protection in Rails
# While using curl post call then disable request forgery protection
# For get method call, It skips the check
# Reference : http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/RequestForgeryProtection.html
class XyzController < ApplicationController
skip_before_filter :verify_authenticity_token, :only => [:update]
before_filter :authenticate_user!, :only => [:update, :index]
end
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Amitesh / gist:1037742
Created June 21, 2011 12:23
Resources/Likns to create Rails 3 Engine
https://github.com/elricstorm/baby_dove
https://github.com/drhenner/ror_ecommerce
http://ror-e.com/info/videos/5
http://edgeapi.rubyonrails.org/classes/Rails/Engine.html
https://github.com/krschacht/rails_3_engine_demo/tree/master/app
https://github.com/jrwest/authr3
https://github.com/mankind/Rails-3-engine-stub/wiki/How-to-building-a-rails-3-engine-and--set-up-test--with-rspec
https://github.com/technicalpickles/jeweler
http://www.themodestrubyist.com/2010/03/05/rails-3-plugins---part-2---writing-an-engine/
https://gist.github.com/af7e572c2dc973add221#file_3_plugin.rdoc
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Amitesh / gist:1039620
Created June 22, 2011 07:05 — forked from arnabc/gitosis-repo-creation
Gitosis repo creation ( it assumes that you have a working gitosis repository in a central server and have the permission to create new repositories)
Add repo in local gitosis-admin/gitosis.conf
~$ mkdir your_repo_name
~$ cd your_repo_name
~$ git init
~$ git remote add origin git@YOUR_SERVER_HOSTNAME:your_repo_name.git
# do some work, git add and commit files
~$ git add .
~$ git commit -m 'Your Message'
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Amitesh / gist:1046269
Created June 25, 2011 07:51
Set Rails Engine/Gem public assets path, to server it from Engine/Gem itself
require "rails"
module MyEngine
class Engine < Rails::Engine
# We can add all of the public assets from our engine and make them
# available to use. This allows us to use javascripts, images, stylesheets
# etc.
initializer "static assets" do |app|
app.middleware.insert_before(::ActionDispatch::Static, ::ActionDispatch::Static, "#{root}/public")
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Amitesh / gist:1046278
Created June 25, 2011 07:59
Set the simple-navigation file path of a Rails Engine app to auto load path of Rails 3 Main App
require "rails"
require 'simple-navigation'
module MyEngine
class Engine < Rails::Engine
#Give the absolute path of file
#config.autoload_paths << File.expand_path("../../../config/navigations", __FILE__)
SimpleNavigation.config_file_path = File.expand_path("../../../config/navigations", __FILE__)
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Amitesh / reset_mysql_password.sh
Created July 13, 2011 06:33
Reset Mysql root password
Reset Mysql root password
$ sudo stop mysql
$ sudo start mysql
$ mysql -u root
mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR root@'localhost' = PASSWORD('a_real_pwd');
mysql> exit
bye
try : mysql -uroot -p
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Amitesh / gist:1080491
Created July 13, 2011 15:12
How to setup new gist repo
Global setup:
Set up git
git config --global user.name "Amitesh Kumar"
git config --global user.email [email protected]
Next steps:
mkdir TinyMCE-YouTube-Plugin
cd TinyMCE-YouTube-Plugin
git init
touch README
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Amitesh / gist:1092715
Created July 19, 2011 15:17
Add view helper function
# Include it in your class
include ActionView::Helpers::TextHelper
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Amitesh / gist:1113683
Created July 29, 2011 12:00
Open popup window in center of screen in javascript
var top = window.screen.height - 300;
top = top > 0 ? top/2 : 0;
var left = window.screen.width - 400;
left = left > 0 ? left/2 : 0;
var uploadWin = window.open(url,"Upload Chapter content","width=400,height=300" + ",top=" + top + ",left=" + left);
uploadWin.moveTo(left, top);
uploadWin.focus();