ggoodale

User.find(params[:id]) rescue nil  #=> Don't even get me started.

ggoodale

begin
  a = Account.find(8675309) #=> Sadly, Jenny's not a user.
rescue
  # I'm so cool I don't need to do anything here.
end

# If I ever find that Tommy...
a.update_attribute(:location, "bathroom wall")  

ggoodale

begin 
  user = User.find(:frist)  #=> Bill Frist?
  user.update_attribute(:alive_or_dead) #=> Care to be more specific?
rescue => e
  logger.error "Something bad happened"  #=> Yeah, but what?  
end

ggoodale

foo(nil) #=> nil
foo #=> Tue Jan 13 03:22:44 -0800 2009

ggoodale

def foo(a=Time.now.utc)
  puts a
end

ggoodale

[3] <enki> [10:51 PM] ~>irb
>> x.blank?
NameError: undefined local variable or method `x' for main:Object
	from (irb):1
>> 

ggoodale

class ApplicationController
  protected

  def iphone?
    request.class.to_s.include?("CgiRequest") && request.user_agent.include?('iPhone')  
  end
end

class ApplicationHelper
   def iphone?