Matthew Ford

Rails and nested has_many :through

Wed, 06 May 2009 13:34:00 +0100

Rails does not support nested has_many :though => associations. There is a plugin however which enables this, and JackDangers branch on github has patches for Rails 2.3.2.

script/plugin install git://github.com/JackDanger/nested_has_many_through.git

Which enables you to do the something like the following:



class User < ActiveRecord::Base

 has_many :accounts

 has_many :memberships,  :though => :accounts

 has_many :groups, :through => :memberships 

end

Github issue tracker

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:38:54 +0100

Github issue tracker:

Github have built an awsome issue tracker which is perfect for OS and internal projects, with keyboard shortcuts, a la gmail!

Passenger now runs on Nginx

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:34:00 +0100

Passenger now runs on Nginx:

There is no longer any excuse not to use passenger

Ruby Refactoring for your loved editor

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:10:42 +0100

Ruby Refactoring for your loved editor

Mire is a simple MUD written in Clojure

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:10:42 +0100

Mire is a simple MUD written in Clojure:

Get a sneak peek at the next peepcode vid about clojure

Designing to Sell

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:59:00 +0100

Designing to Sell

Demo app for Twitter OAuth using sinatra and twitter_oauth gem

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:01:00 +0100

Demo app for Twitter OAuth using sinatra and twitter_oauth gem:

Check out the live demo at http://sinitter.moocode.com/

Flash messages hanging around?

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:01:42 +0100

If you are making use of the Rails flash helper to display messages, what do you do when they are not clearing after rendering a page? You need to use Flash.now see the following gist for an example.

CouchDB Book

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:01:00 +0100

CouchDB Book

Yet another twitter app idea

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:01:42 +0000

Planning on checking out tweetapp at some point to build a nifty twitter application on Google App Engine. This should give me a chance to brush off the cobwebs off my python book, although I will praise the day they allow us to use Ruby.

Using Google AppEngine for a Little Micro-Scalability

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:01:42 +0000

Using Google AppEngine for a Little Micro-Scalability

The best UNIX commands on the web

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:01:01 +0000

The best UNIX commands on the web:

(via bambinos)

follow @commandlinefu10 for the best tips in your twitter feed

Git/Github survival guide

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:08:00 +0000

Git/Github survival guide

Rails Searchable API Doc

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:08:42 +0000

Rails Searchable API Doc

Feature Injection and handling technical stories

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:07:44 +0000

Feature Injection and handling technical stories

Symbol#to_proc's hot cousin. Simple and elegant alternative to using &:method with enumerables.

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:06:00 +0000

Symbol#to_proc's hot cousin. Simple and elegant alternative to using &:method with enumerables.

SproutCore, Mochiweb and Mnesia

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:27:00 +0000

SproutCore, Mochiweb and Mnesia

Include custom actions from a module in a Merb controller

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:26:00 +0000

module Foo

  def self.included(base)

    base.show_action(:custom_action)

  end



  def custom_action

    "foo"

  end

end

Git SHA1 of HEAD in your Rails/Merb App

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:21:00 +0000

Git SHA1 of HEAD in your Rails/Merb App

Build a bug tracker in 5 mins

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:41:00 +0000

bambinos:

Go to google docs, click new spread sheet

Click form, create your form with title, description, severity (1 minor .. 5 epic fail), who’s responsible in a dropdown and reported by.

Save your form

Add conditional colouring on severity

Add a completed/status column

Embed form onto a page/email form to bug hunters.