I want my @current_user in my model: A Lesson in Abstraction
This method was adapted from this blog post. So, you are creating a thing (record) or maybe you are updating…
How do I get the HTTP referrer?
The referrer is the URL the user came from. (It gets passed as part of the headers to the new…
How do I set the rails environment (RAILS_ENV)?
Note that when setting the Rails environment you have to pass it differently in different cases. For rake, set RAILS_ENV=…
Installing Facebooker for Rails
WARNING: These instructions are for Facebook version 1 (not Facebooker2). Since last year, I have moved toward using a different…
Singular or Plural in Rails
Quick cheet-sheet to help you remember when to type a singular entity or a plural.
Configure git so that it shows green & red in my terminal
Create a file in your home directory here: ~/.gitconfig (The dot makes it invisible of course) In this file, you…
How to get the current action & controller name in Rails
In your views: controller.action_name controller.controller_name In the controller itself, you can just call controller_name action_name If you want the current…
How can I see my relative url root? (Rails)
The relative url root is the thing that is appended to the front of your path, but after the domain…
Migration Generator Shortcuts
Some great shortcuts for script generation. I always try to start by building scaffold for any new entity, then remove…
Rails Plugins with SVN
I’m working with a plugin that I wrote. I want to pull the plugin into an app I’m writing, but…