Rails command for generating a Model with columns and references
10/30/14 Public, Command Line, Rails General
$ rails generate model User name:string age:integer vote:references post:references
the model name is Capital and singular (i.e. User)
Use vote:references and post:references in your generator to add the foreign IDs into User table, to...
1 vote - harrylevine
Ways to create test email addresses
10/28/14 Public, Tricks, Testing / TDD
1) You can add a “+” sign right after your email prefix, and then add anything after that, between the + and the @, and it will create unique test emails address. All of which will be emailed to your original address.
For example, if your emai...
1 vote - harrylevine
Applying a focus during rspec testing to test just one specific area
11/24/14 Public, Command Line, Testing / TDD
add , focus: true on the area to be tested. You can use any word here, instead of focus. (i.e. foobar)
describe "the root page", focus: true do
visit "/"
end
Then to run the rspec on just that focussed area you type in...
1 vote - harrylevine
How to run a spec / test when there is a time latency or lag involved
10/28/14 Public, Testing / TDD, Gems
For example, if something is supposed to automatically delete every 7 days, how do you test for that?
Two ideas
created_at data in the database to back date an item, simulating it was created 7 days ago...
1 vote - harrylevine
Website for testing web apps in multiple browsers
10/28/14 Public, Online Resources, Testing / TDD
1 vote - harrylevine
Shortcut for finding recent things you have typed on the command line
10/28/14 Public, Command Line, Shortcuts
1 vote - harrylevine
HTML symbol for creating one blank space
03/22/15 Public, Other Languages
For example, here are two spaces:
<p>Created: <%= @note.created_at.strftime("%b %d, %Y") %> Updated: <%= @note.updated_at.strftime("%b %d, %Y") %></p>
1 vote - harrylevine
Website and way to create a favicon for the browser tab
10/28/14 Public, Online Resources
Simply add this to the <head></head>section of your layouts:
<%= favicon_link_tag 'favicon.ico' %>
Place the favicon.ico image in /app/assets/images/ if you are using the asset pipeline, and in /public/images/ if you are not.
Also, ther...
1 vote - harrylevine
Sublime shortcut for inserting a line above your current location with proper indentation
10/27/14 Public, Shortcuts
On a mac:
command + shift + return
1 vote - harrylevine