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@lxneng
lxneng / gist:741932
Created December 15, 2010 13:21
install PostgreSQL 9 in Mac OSX via Homebrew
install PostgreSQL 9 in Mac OSX via Homebrew
Mac OS X Snow Leopard
System Version: Mac OS X 10.6.5
Kernel Version: Darwin 10.5.0
Install notes for PostgreSQL 9.0.1 install using Homebrew:
sh-3.2# brew install postgresql
$ ab -c 1 -n 1000 http://127.0.0.1:3000/home
This is ApacheBench, Version 2.3 <$Revision: 655654 $>
Copyright 1996 Adam Twiss, Zeus Technology Ltd, http://www.zeustech.net/
Licensed to The Apache Software Foundation, http://www.apache.org/
Benchmarking 127.0.0.1 (be patient)
Completed 100 requests
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@ryanflorence
ryanflorence / static_server.js
Last active July 3, 2025 03:26
Node.JS static file web server. Put it in your path to fire up servers in any directory, takes an optional port argument.
var http = require("http"),
url = require("url"),
path = require("path"),
fs = require("fs")
port = process.argv[2] || 8888;
http.createServer(function(request, response) {
var uri = url.parse(request.url).pathname
, filename = path.join(process.cwd(), uri);
@reu
reu / deploy.rb
Created November 6, 2010 12:41
Capistrano deploy recipe for database configuration
# Bundler Integration
require "bundler/capistrano"
# Application Settings
set :application, "yourapplicationname"
set :user, "serveruser"
set :deploy_to, "/home/#{user}/rails-applications/#{application}"
set :rails_env, "production"
set :use_sudo, false
set :keep_releases, 3
@Lytol
Lytol / ultemplate.rb
Created September 23, 2010 07:02
Rails 3 Application Template
# Rails application template for Rails 3 + Postgres + Git + haml + JQuery + Rspec + Cucumber + Capybara + FactoryGirl
# by Brian Smith <[email protected]>
# Create a default README
file "README.md", <<-EOF
#{app_name}
#{"=" * app_name.length}
TODO: description
@zhengjia
zhengjia / capybara cheat sheet
Created June 7, 2010 01:35
capybara cheat sheet
=Navigating=
visit('/projects')
visit(post_comments_path(post))
=Clicking links and buttons=
click_link('id-of-link')
click_link('Link Text')
click_button('Save')
click('Link Text') # Click either a link or a button
click('Button Value')
@devver
devver / terms_of_service.markdown
Last active July 22, 2024 15:34
A general Terms of Service under the Creative Commons License

Terms of Service

Last revised on [DATE]

The Gist

[COMPANY] operates the [SERVICE] service, which we hope you use. If you use it, please use it responsibly. If you don't, we'll have to terminate your account.

For paid accounts, you'll be charged on a monthly basis. You can cancel anytime, but there are no refunds.

@rwoeber
rwoeber / rot13.rb
Created January 11, 2010 10:09
Ruby rot13
# or simply:
'foobar'.tr 'A-Za-z','N-ZA-Mn-za-m'
# rot(x)
class String
def rot(num = 13)
return self.split("").collect { |ch|
if /^[a-z]$/ === ch
((ch[0] + num - 'a'[0]) % 26 + 'a'[0]).chr
@masaki
masaki / gist:155854
Created July 26, 2009 16:26
authentication w/ ActiveLdap
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'active_ldap'
ActiveLdap::Base.setup_connection(
:host => 'ldap.example.com',
:base => 'dc=example,dc=com',
)