benlinton

Multiple MySQL Versions for Development

Options included below:

• Using Docker docker-compose
• Using Homebrew brew

Using Docker (recommended)

This gist was originally created for Homebrew before the rise of Docker, yet it may be best to avoid installing mysql via brew any longer. Instead consider adding a barebones docker-compose.yml for each project and run docker-compose up to start each project's mysql service.

blackfalcon

Git-workflow vs feature branching

When working with Git, there are two prevailing workflows are Git workflow and feature branches. IMHO, being more of a subscriber to continuous integration, I feel that the feature branch workflow is better suited, and the focus of this article.

If you are new to Git and Git-workflows, I suggest reading the atlassian.com Git Workflow article in addition to this as there is more detail there than presented here.

I admit, using Bash in the command line with the standard configuration leaves a bit to be desired when it comes to awareness of state. A tool that I suggest using follows these instructions on setting up GIT Bash autocompletion. This tool will assist you to better visualize the state of a branc

jvandevelde

#!/bin/bash

cd ~ 

# Install JDK
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre-headless -y 

# Install & Start ES 0.90.1
wget https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-0.90.1.deb 

kaimi

# i3 config file (v4)
#
# Please see http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html for a complete reference!
#
# This config file uses keycodes (bindsym) and was written for the QWERTY
# layout.
#
# To get a config file with the same key positions, but for your current
# layout, use the i3-config-wizard

IanVaughan

#!/usr/bin/env bash

uninstall() {
  list=`gem list --no-versions`
  for gem in $list; do
    gem uninstall $gem -aIx
  done
  gem list
  gem install bundler
}

nazgob

# you have ctags but it does not work...
$ ctags -R --exclude=.git --exclude=log *
ctags: illegal option -- R
usage: ctags [-BFadtuwvx] [-f tagsfile] file ...

#you need to get new ctags, i recommend homebrew but anything will work
$ brew install ctags

#alias ctags if you used homebrew
$ alias ctags="`brew --prefix`/bin/ctags"

mgreenly

RSpec.configure do |config|
  
  config.before(:suite) do
    ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection database['one']
    DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :deletion
    ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection config.database['two']
    DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :deletion
  end

  config.before(:each) do