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@munhitsu
munhitsu / gist:1034876
Last active November 29, 2020 09:10
python 2.7.5 install on OSX (10.8+) using brew (pip, easy_install, virtualenv, virtualenvwrapper)
# In case you had some strange python installation
# NOTE: .pydistutils.cfg seems to be not compatible with brew install python
# areas I needed to clean before installation
# clean up ~/Library/Python
# clean up .local
# preconditions:
# xcode with command line tools installed
xcode-select --install
@tenderlove
tenderlove / person_test.rb
Created February 10, 2011 23:04
Use minitest/spec with Rails 3
require 'test_helper'
require 'minitest/autorun'
module Tenderlove
class Spec < MiniTest::Spec
include ActiveSupport::Testing::SetupAndTeardown
include ActiveRecord::TestFixtures
alias :method_name :__name__ if defined? :__name__
self.fixture_path = File.join(Rails.root, 'test', 'fixtures')
@cjohansen
cjohansen / gist:739589
Created December 13, 2010 20:55
Showing how to fake server requests with Sinon.JS and Jasmine
/*
Load Sinon.JS in the SpecRunner:
<script type="text/javascript" src="lib/jasmine-1.0.1/jasmine.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="lib/jasmine-1.0.1/jasmine-html.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="sinon-1.0.0.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="sinon-ie-1.0.0.js"></script>
http://cjohansen.no/sinon/
*/
@defunkt
defunkt / connection_fix.rb
Created November 19, 2009 20:00
MySQL server has gone away fix
# If your workers are inactive for a long period of time, they'll lose
# their MySQL connection.
#
# This hack ensures we re-connect whenever a connection is
# lost. Because, really. why not?
#
# Stick this in RAILS_ROOT/config/initializers/connection_fix.rb (or somewhere similar)
#
# From:
# http://coderrr.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/activerecord-threading-issues-and-resolutions/