test_spec_on_rails is a plugin that adds Rails-specific assertions to test_spec, allowing you to do nifty things like this: it “should render with foo template” do get :some_action template.should.be “foo” # equivalent to assert_equal “foo”, @response.template end it “should display foo on page” do get :some_action page.should.select “p”, “foo” # equivalent … Continue reading
I’ve been using the excellent fixture_replacement plugin for several months now and greatly prefer it over traditional fixtures (yes, even foxy fixtures). fixture_replacement2 adds even more goodness to the party. However, I ran into a problem today when trying to use default_xxx methods in my example_data.rb file: module FixtureReplacement attributes_for … Continue reading
Anyone else think we’re shooting ourselves in the foot on this one? If the choice is between greater power consumption and mercury poisoning, I think I’ll opt for greater consumption, thanks. The more government tries to solve these problems for us, the worse things get. Here’s a novel idea: why … Continue reading
Matz let Ruby 1.9 into the wild last month. One nice change (among many) is that Ruby’s painfully slow CSV library has been replaced with James Edward Gray II’s most excellent FasterCSV library. This will most likely break existing code that uses CSV. From James’ blog: The methods provided on … Continue reading
I noticed something interesting while enhancing Teascript today. I recently upgraded the app to Rails 2.0 which ended up breaking several of the Scriptaculous visual effects that I had been using to highlight certain parts of the page when things changed. This is how I had called visual_effect in the … Continue reading
I’ve been futzing with the goodness that is Merb lately. It’s nifty. Really nifty. The documentation is pretty rough though. I’ll be posting some of my discoveries here. Maybe it will help someone who, like me, was a tad lost early on. One of the first things that confused me … Continue reading
Here’s a video to celebrate the new year. This is an imitation of the classic Abbott and Costello routine. My brother and I have been doing it for over a decade now. Here’s a version from 4 years ago at the NCHE conference in North Carolina. Enjoy!
MultiRails is a plugin that makes it easy to test Rails applications against multiple versions of Rails. Built by the cool guys at this place (mainly Rob Sanheim), MultiRails version 0.0.3 has just been released. Check it out.
The current project I’m on requires us to give administrators the ability to modify a tree of models built using acts_as_tree (now a plugin as of Rails 2.0). The acts_as_tree plugin is simple and elegant, but I’ve struggled to find a pre-built UI framework for acts_as_tree that is equally compelling. … Continue reading