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Chapter 1 - Creating Our Own Renderer

Rails provides an API that we can use to create our own renderers. In this chapter we explore the API as we modify the render() method to accept :pdf as an option and return a PDF created with Prawn.

To create a new plugin just run the following:

$ rails plugin new my_plugin

TODO Complete notes

Firstly, you've got to see it to believe it. Then, when you're all excited follow the steps below to set it up as a plugin for Sublime Text 2 on Ubuntu 13.04.

Using Git

$ rvm 2.0.0@sublime-text-2 --create
$ gem install seeing_is_believing
$ cd ~/.config/sublime_text_2/Packages
$ git clone git://github.com/JoshCheek/sublime-text-2-seeing-is-believing.git SeeingIsBelieving

Fix Settings (I use RVM)

Introduction

This guide currently uses Ruby 1.9.3, Rails 3.2 and Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail). I started off with a fresh install of Ubuntu on a virtual machine.

Step 1: Install Ruby

Install RVM. See http://rvm.io/rvm/install for all the details.
```
 $ sudo apt-get install curl
```

$ \curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable

Web Performance

Make the Web Faster
Best Practices for Speeding Up Your Web Site
Browser Cache Usage
- Key takeaway: Keep in mind the empty cache user experience. It might be more prevalent than you think!
Gzip Using PHP
- Important to note: The method of adding this snippet of code <? ob_start("ob_gzhandler"); ?> did not work when I tried it. The .htaccess method in the article on How To Optimize Your Site With Gzip Compression worked however.
How To Optimize Your Site With Gzip Compression
Evaluating network performance - Chrome Dev Tools

Chapter 1

Every programming community quickly converges on a style, an accepted set of idioms. Programming is all about communication and knowing those idioms are key to being a successful programmer in that community.

Ruby style of programming:

Code should be crystal clear, it should shout its intent
Good code is also concise

Ruby indentation convention:

Chapter 0

Network programming is ultimately about sharing and communication.

Audience: Ruby devs on Unix or Unix-like systems.

Uses Ruby 1.9.

Part 1 - Introduction to the primitives of Socket programming

Usage

Creating a Layout File

Create a file called layout.php. Where you want the content to appear add <?php echo $content ?>. Here is an example:

	// Thanks to CSS Tricks for the inspiration: http://css-tricks.com/equidistant-objects-with-css/

	@mixin horizontal-list-span-width {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	list-style-type: none;

	text-align: justify;

	&:after {

	echo "\e[1m\e[34m ,%%%, \e[0m"
	echo "\e[1m\e[34m ,%%%` %==-- \e[0m"
	echo "\e[1m\e[34m ,%%`( '\| \e[0m"
	echo "\e[1m\e[34m ,%%@ /\_/ \e[0m"
	echo "\e[1m\e[34m ,%.-\"\"\"--%%% \"@@__ \e[0m"
	echo "\e[1m\e[34m %%/ \|__`\ \e[0m"
	echo "\e[1m\e[34m .%'\ \| \ / // \e[0m"
	echo "\e[1m\e[34m ,%' > .'----\ \| [/ \e[0m"
	echo "\e[1m\e[34m < <<` \|\| \e[0m"
	echo "\e[1m\e[34m `\\\ \|\| \e[0m"

	<snippet>
	<content><![CDATA[
	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html lang="en">
	<head>
	<meta charset="utf-8">

	<!-- Always force latest IE rendering engine (even in intranet) & Chrome Frame -->
	<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">