I realise that OSX does not have a registry to clog up but I have just reinstalled Lion on my Macbook Air; probably a hang up from Windows. This is a checklist for installing Homebrew >> Rails. Install XCode 4.1 (There are issues with the 4.2 compiler and certain rubies and gems) Install Homebrew https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/installation […]
Rails methods of locating and loading files is mostly based on convention but is built on top of Ruby’s methods. Ruby The basic way to tell a ruby to load a file is to require it, e.g. require some_file will load some_file.rb if the file has not already been loaded. load some_file.rb will load the […]
You can run irb from vim with the command !irb. Running !irb -r % should run the current file in irb then leave irb open. Unfortunately ruby 1.9.2 removed the current directory from the load path which causes this to fail. You could construct a path but it is easier to add the current directory […]
I’ve decided to use Vim for a few weeks at least and am enjoying it. There are plenty of posts on using Vim as a Ruby IDE and switching from your IDE of choice. Most of the TextMate to Vim posts seem to recommend Janus and for good reason. Janus adds a number of plugins […]
Devise is probably the most popular authentication gem for Rails apps but, in the current version (1.1.5), doesn’t fully support logging in with a username and password. This Railscast walks through how to add a username to the model and use username as the key to log in with but 1.1.5 will still require email […]
Ruby (and Rails) seem to be designed to make the code look very like natural language. This makes the code very easy to read but less easy (for someone new to Ruby) to write. It seems like there is a lot you are required to know, although maybe a Ruby programmer looking at CSharp for […]
Most of my programming career has revolved around Microsoft technologies, starting with Visual Basic 3, up through the various versions to VB.Net, then switching to CSharp shortly after DotNet came out of beta. I think I know the MS development stack fairly well and I like the direction they are moving in with the likes […]