Category Archives: Code

Rails 3 jQuery

Rails 3 is awesome. It’s a huge leap forward for the framework with all of the exciting new features. Finally in Rails 3, jQuery is available in place of prototype. However, the gem still builds with jQuery. I’m hoping that … Continue reading

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Redis and Resque and Launchd on Mac OS X

I’ve been playing around with Resque, the github-developed library for background jobs. It’s really wonderful and satisfies all my needs so far. It’s got a sexy web interface and since it’s powered by Redis, it’s super fast. Plus, the syntax … Continue reading

Posted in Code | Tagged launchd, mac os x, redis, resque | 2 Comments

iCalendar and webcal subscription feed in Rails

I’ve been working on a project where I needed to have an iCalendar webcal subscription link. Webcal is a protocol that is recognized by applications that support the .ics iCal format (iCal, Outlook, etc) to subscribe to a feed of … Continue reading

Posted in Code | Tagged ical, icalendar, rails, ruby on rails, webcal | 2 Comments

Apache mod_ssl, Snow Leopard and Ruby on Rails via Passenger

Introduction I’ve been working on a Ruby on Rails app recently that requires a little bit of ecommerce. Obviously, one of the first things I have to setup is an SSL to secure communication of sensitive customer data between my … Continue reading

Posted in Code | Tagged apache, mac os x, mod_ssl, passenger, rails, ruby on rails, snow leopard, ssl | 3 Comments

On Blur Save with JRails In Place Editing

I’ve been working on a Rails app recently where I used the excellent jrails_in_place_editing plugin to create a large number of in-place editing textfields. I used this in lieu of the Rails plugin because I removed Prototype completely from my … Continue reading

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Rails, Facebooker and Double Slashes in Resource Routes

So, I’m working a Rails app and everything is going smoothly. I installed Facebooker (the plugin to interface with Facebook Connect) and got it integrated with my app’s user authentication in almost no time—perfect. But somehow between rails app and … Continue reading

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