How can I create an inline WYSIWYG editor where I can attach Images to the content I’m editing?
[This is an excerpt from an email I answered on the Rails-Talk list today] That’s actually pretty hard, but with…
10 Tips for New Rails Developers or New Teams
One of the often under appreciated situations in web development today are thing inherent to the process that create blockers…
Capybara debugging Javascript
Debugging Javascript in Capybara feature specs can be challenging (to say the least), because AFAIK you can’t drop ‘debugger’ into…
rake db:rollback does nothing, no rollback is performed and no error message is shown
I just discovered something relatively simply that eluded me since the very start of my career in Rails. You’re working…
Awesome Debugging for Rails Boot StackLevel Too Deep problem
So let’s say you are, for example, upgrading your Rails app and when you boot it you get a crash…
Setting up Rails 3 with Rspec 2
add to your Gemfile group :development, :test do gem ‘rspec-rails’ end Be sure to bundle install after changing your Gemfile…
Cucumber, Capybara with Selenium, and Truncated Fixtures
A bit today about setting up and debugging Capybara with truncated fixtures. Capybara comes with an array of choices for…
Going to Rails 3 Cheat Sheet
Basic cheat sheet for me to help remember the new syntax of Rails 3. Check out the rubyonrails.org guide and…
The Magical Attribute Reader
Here’s a common pattern and good rails thing to know about: read_attribute(:symbol) Basically what it does is read the attribute…
Using Paperclip to save the width and height of the attachemnt
When using Paperclip to save an attached image, how do I get & store the dimensions of the image? Best…