aishfenton

# sudo gem install bson
# sudo gem install bson_ext
# sudo gem install yajl-ruby
# sudo gem install json
# sudo gem install msgpack

require 'rubygems'
require 'benchmark'
require 'yaml'
require 'bson'

avdi

require 'set'

class ExceptionTester
  class TestException < Exception
  end

  # Accepts a block containing the code you want to make exception safety
  # assertions about.
  def initialize(&exercise)
    @exercise = exercise

erichurst

# MySQL.  Versions 4.1 and 5.0 are recommended.
#
# Install the MySQL driver:
#   gem install mysql2
#
# And be sure to use new-style password hashing:
#   http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/old-client.html
development:
  adapter: mysql2
  encoding: utf8

cjus

#!/bin/bash
function jsonval {
    temp=`echo $json | sed 's/\\\\\//\//g' | sed 's/[{}]//g' | awk -v k="text" '{n=split($0,a,","); for (i=1; i<=n; i++) print a[i]}' | sed 's/\"\:\"/\|/g' | sed 's/[\,]/ /g' | sed 's/\"//g' | grep -w $prop`
    echo ${temp##*|}
}

json=`curl -s -X GET http://twitter.com/users/show/$1.json`
prop='profile_image_url'
picurl=`jsonval`

avdi

# Do you ever define #method_missing and forget #respond_to? I sure
# do.  It would be nice if we could do them both at the same time.

module MatchMethodMacros
  def match_method(matcher, &method_body) 
    mod = Module.new do
      define_method(:method_missing) do |method_name, *args|
        if matcher === method_name.to_s
          instance_exec(method_name, *args, &method_body)
        else

jstorimer

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# A simply utility to show character counts for each line of input and
# highlight lines longer than 80 characters.
#
# Written as an example for http://jstorimer.com/2011/12/12/writing-ruby-scripts-that-respect-pipelines.html
#
# Examples:
#
# $ hilong Gemfile

dhh

class PostsController < ActionController::Base
  def create
    Post.create(post_params)
  end
  
  def update
    Post.find(params[:id]).update_attributes!(post_params)
  end

  private

jboner

Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
----------------------------------
L1 cache reference                           0.5 ns
Branch mispredict                            5   ns
L2 cache reference                           7   ns                      14x L1 cache
Mutex lock/unlock                           25   ns
Main memory reference                      100   ns                      20x L2 cache, 200x L1 cache
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy             3,000   ns        3 us
Send 1K bytes over 1 Gbps network       10,000   ns       10 us
Read 4K randomly from SSD*             150,000   ns      150 us          ~1GB/sec SSD

jmervine

#
# This file configures the New Relic Agent.  New Relic monitors
# Ruby, Java, .NET, PHP, and Python applications with deep visibility and low overhead.
# For more information, visit www.newrelic.com.
#
# Generated June 16, 2012
#
# This configuration file is custom generated for AT&T Interactive

# Here are the settings that are common to all environments:

erikreagan

Mac web developer apps

This gist's comment stream is a collection of webdev apps for OS X. Feel free to add links to apps you like, just make sure you add some context to what it does — either from the creator's website or your own thoughts.

— Erik