zhengjia

=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')

rantoniuk

namespace :db do  desc "Backup project database. Options: DIR=backups RAILS_ENV=production MAX=7" 
  task :backup => [:environment] do
    datestamp = Time.now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S")    
    base_path = Rails.root
    base_path = File.join(base_path, ENV["DIR"] || "backups")
    backup_base = File.join(base_path, 'db_backups')
    backup_folder = File.join(backup_base, datestamp)
    backup_file = File.join(backup_folder, "#{RAILS_ENV}_dump.sql")    
    FileUtils.mkdir_p(backup_folder)    
    db_config = ActiveRecord::Base.configurations[RAILS_ENV]    

jpantuso

Setup new Mac with OSX Lion from scratch

These commands are good as of 2011-07-27.

Install xcode 4

App store http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xcode/id448457090?mt=12) The download/install takes awhile so start it first. When it finishes downloading you will still need to run it to complete installation.

iTerm2 http://www.iterm2.com/

zanshin

# Path to your oh-my-zsh configuration.
export ZSH=$HOME/.oh-my-zsh

# Set name of the theme to load.
# Look in ~/.oh-my-zsh/themes/
# Optionally, if you set this to "random", it'll load a random theme each
# time that oh-my-zsh is loaded.
#export ZSH_THEME="robbyrussell"
export ZSH_THEME="zanshin"

kinopyo

# lib/custom_logger.rb
class CustomLogger < Logger
  def format_message(severity, timestamp, progname, msg)
    "#{timestamp.to_formatted_s(:db)} #{severity} #{msg}\n"
  end
end

logfile = File.open("#{Rails.root}/log/custom.log", 'a')  # create log file
logfile.sync = true  # automatically flushes data to file
CUSTOM_LOGGER = CustomLogger.new(logfile)  # constant accessible anywhere

CristinaSolana

1. Clone your fork:

git clone [email protected]:YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-FORKED-REPO.git

2. Add remote from original repository in your forked repository:

cd into/cloned/fork-repo
git remote add upstream git://github.com/ORIGINAL-DEV-USERNAME/REPO-YOU-FORKED-FROM.git
git fetch upstream

them0nk

#Model 

@user.should have(1).error_on(:username) # Checks whether there is an error in username 
@user.errors[:username].should include("can't be blank")  # check for the error message 

#Rendering
response.should render_template(:index)

#Redirecting 
response.should redirect_to(movies_path)

jexchan

Multiple SSH Keys settings for different github account

create different public key

create different ssh key according the article Mac Set-Up Git

$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "[email protected]"

amejiarosario

Rails Migration

http://guides.rubyonrails.org/migrations.html

Migrations methods:

• add_column
• add_index
• change_column
• change_table
• create_table
• drop_table

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