Aussiegeek.net: Posts tagged with rails

Git for Rails

2008-03-18T10:19:05+10:00

Last night I ran a presentation on using Git, and very briefly how to start a rails project in git for the Brisbane Ruby & Rails Brigade

Snippets for Sass Bundle

2008-03-23T01:10:41+10:00

I use Sass (& Haml), where its an option for producing sites, as I like the 'cleanliness' of it. I have been missing being able to use the snippets of the TextMate CSS bundle, so I have ported them over to a Sass bundle, with the syntax from "http://sporkmonger.com/2007/12/24/sass-textmate-bundle":http://sporkmonger.com/2007/12/24/sass-textmate-bundle. I have published it at "http://github.com/aussiegeek/ruby-sass-tmbundle/tree/from-css-bundle":http://github.com/aussiegeek/ruby-sass-tmbundle/tree/from-css-bundle

mod_rails

2008-04-22T10:46:48+10:00

I've just migrated the server that runs my blog, and some internal apps to "mod_rails":http://www.modrails.org. It is extremely simple to deploy compared to apache+mongrel like I was using previously, and more memory effecient for the seldom used apps I keep on this server. I was warned of some potential gotchas in regards to rewrite rules, but no issues here, altough I am only using rewrites to redirect feed requests to FeedBurner. My config for this virtual host in all its gory detail:

      
      ServerName aussiegeek.net
      DocumentRoot /srv/www/alanblog/current/public
                        
      RewriteEngine On
                        
      RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !FeedBurner
                        
      RewriteRule ^/posts\.xml$ http://feeds.feedburner.com/alanharper [R=301,L]

Yes, thats all. Good work guys!

Haml/Sass talk at Brisbane.rb

2008-05-14T09:00:36+10:00

I'll be giving an intro to Haml & Sass at the Brisbane Ruby & Rails Brigage on monday night, if anybody is interested

Rails 2.1 migration

2008-06-17T14:25:27+10:00

I've hacked together a simple script for converting timezones from the local timezone to utc for Rails 2.1

#!env ruby
class DummyTable
  def initialize(tablename)
    @@tablename=tablename
  end
  def self.method_missing(m, *args); end
  
  def self.datetime(name,options={})
    puts "execute \"UPDATE #{@@tablename} SET #{name}=CONVERT_TZ(#{name},'SYSTEM','+00:00');\""
  end
end

def create_table(tablename,options,*block)
  dummy_table=DummyTable.new(tablename)
  yield DummyTable
end

def add_index(name,fields,options={}); end

class ActiveRecord;end

class ActiveRecord::Schema
  def self.define(options={}, *block)
    yield
  end
end

require 'db/schema.rb'

Drop this file in the root of your project and just run it with plain Ruby. I wrote it this way so I could avoid ActiveRecord, it will spit out a bunch of execute commands ready for plugging in to a migration

Passenger support for Vlad

2008-06-20T08:44:34+10:00

I've written a tiny module for Vlad to deploy to Passenger (mod_rails). It's available from "http://github.com/aussiegeek/vlad":http://github.com/aussiegeek/vlad To use it, just update your Rakefile where Vlad.load is called, and update it like so:


Vlad.load :app => 'phusion'

Error Handling

2008-09-17T07:58:01+10:00

Lately, I have been trialing replacements for the ExceptionNotifier plugins, as getting spammed to death when something breaks is just not fun at all! First of all at work, I have been running using "Hoptoad":http://www.hoptoadapp.com, from "Thoughtbot":http://www.thoughtbot.com, which has been running fine

Job Upgrade

2008-11-08T18:06:44+10:00

3 months since my last post. That goes quick. Off to railscamp in Adelaide next weekend, looking forward to hanging out with some geeks and producing awesome, then when I get back I start my new position, Rails again on the Gold Coast, and we'll be getting started with all the Agile goodness. Can't Wait!