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@pithyless
pithyless / gist:1208841
Created September 10, 2011 21:49
Install Python 2.7 (homebrew + pip + virtualenv) on Mac OS X Lion

Install Python

$ brew install readline sqlite gdbm
$ brew install python --universal --framework
$ python --version
Python 2.7

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@metaskills
metaskills / wait_until.rb
Last active May 2, 2024 01:51
Never sleep() using Capybara!
# WAIT! Do consider that `wait` may not be needed. This article describes
# that reasoning. Please read it and make informed decisions.
# https://www.varvet.com/blog/why-wait_until-was-removed-from-capybara/
# Have you ever had to sleep() in Capybara-WebKit to wait for AJAX and/or CSS animations?
describe 'Modal' do
should 'display login errors' do
visit root_path
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
require 'eventmachine'
class UpdateEvent
include EM::Deferrable
def fire(msg)
p "update: #{msg}"
@stengland
stengland / search.rb
Created June 6, 2011 10:45
Paginated google custom search using HTTParty, Will Paginate and Ostruct
require 'httparty'
require 'will_paginate/collection'
require 'ostruct'
class GoogleCustomSearch
include HTTParty
base_uri 'https://www.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1'
format :json
default_params :cx => 'google-costom-searck-id', :key => 'google-api-key'
@scotttam
scotttam / decrypt.rb
Created March 17, 2011 14:56
decrypt PBKDF2/SHA1 and AES
require "base64"
require 'openssl'
require 'iconv'
CIPHER = "aes-256-cbc"
#http://www.ruby-doc.org/ruby-1.9/classes/OpenSSL/PKCS5.html
PASSPHRASE = "12345"
IV = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16].pack("c*")
@igrigorik
igrigorik / ruby-1.9-tips.rb
Created February 3, 2011 17:19
Ruby 1.9 features, tips & tricks you may not know about...
def tip(msg); puts; puts msg; puts "-"*100; end
#
# 30 Ruby 1.9 Tips, Tricks & Features:
# http://www.igvita.com/2011/02/03/new-ruby-19-features-tips-tricks/
#
tip "Upgrading to Ruby 1.9 is simple: rvm install 1.9.2 && rvm --default 1.9.2"
tip "Ruby 1.9 supports named captures in regular expressions!"
@ahoward
ahoward / net-http-debug.rb
Created December 10, 2010 20:06
a simple way to debug tons of libs that use ruby's net/http
BEGIN {
require 'net/http'
Net::HTTP.module_eval do
alias_method '__initialize__', 'initialize'
def initialize(*args,&block)
__initialize__(*args, &block)
@fcalderan
fcalderan / inception-javascript.js
Created November 2, 2010 09:42
inception explained as a 4 nested javascript closures
/*
* Fabrizio Calderan, twitter @fcalderan, 2010.11.02
* I had an idea: could Inception movie be explained by a few javascript closures
* and variable resolution scope (just for fun)?
*
* Activate javascript console =)
*/
<script>
console.group("inception movie");
@migrs
migrs / dropbox
Created September 23, 2010 00:19
/etc/init.d/dropbox
# /etc/init.d/dropbox
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: dropbox
# Required-Start: $network $syslog $remote_fs
# Required-Stop: $network $syslog $remote_fs
# Should-Start: $named $time
# Should-Stop: $named $time
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start and stop the dropbox daemon for debian/ubuntu
@putermancer
putermancer / gist:591964
Created September 22, 2010 16:01
Set up a local solr instance on mac
# Setting up a local solr instance on a mac
# install solr with homebrew
brew install solr
# create the base solr index directory
mkdir -p /data/solr
# make sure you can write to the solr logs
sudo chown -R `whoami` /usr/local/Cellar/solr/