Ruby Rand Range
I assumed that rand would take a range as an argument. Something like rand(10..20), generating a random number between 10 and 20. Seems like you'd do this fairly often when working with random numbers and therefore, included. However, it doesn't work. But...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
JSON::GeneratorError: only generation of JSON objects or arrays allowed
If you run into this error message try switching to an earlier version of ExecJs.
JSON::GeneratorError: only generation of JSON objects or arrays allowed
# Gemfile
gem 'execjs', '~> 1.4'
gem 'coffee-script'
gem 'sass'
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Written by Sean Behan on 08/22/2013
Namespacing in Rails
With namespace routes in Rails you can easily create a prefix for select resources. For instance, if you have an admin area or an account dashboard you can give logged in users access to methods that are not otherwise available. To use namespaces define t...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
How to Render Partials with an Underscore in Sinatra
Sinatra doesn't have a method for rendering partials. It defers to the template language of your choice. For instance, if you're using ERB, it's as simple as
erb :'path/to/partial'
Rails has a nice convention of using an underscore to mark file...
Written by Sean Behan on 10/13/2013
Turn Off SSL Verification In Ruby
The following code will disable SSL verification when using Open SSL.
OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
It is probably not a good idea to do this in production. But if you are just testing on your development
machine it might...
Written by Sean Behan on 03/02/2017
