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I'm Sean.

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Ruby strftime() method arguments
Just for reference strftime() arguments in ruby. Usage `Time.now.strftime("%B/%d/%Y")` %a weekday name. %A weekday name (full). %b month name. %B month name (full). %c date and time (locale) %d day of month [01,31]. %H hour [00,...
Written by Sean Behan on 03/05/2017
How to Find An SQLite Database with React Native and the iPhone Simulator.
I spent a few hours digging around my file system using `find` and `grep` hunting for my SQLite database that the iPhone Simulator was using for my React Native project. And no luck. But I found a simple solution was to use `react-native log-ios` and ...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/29/2017
How to Decorate Imported Libs in Python for Jinja Template Filters in Flask
To decorate an imported function in Python you would do something like this # in ./lib.py def function_name(): # function body And then in your program you could decorate it like this from lib import function_name function_name = decorat...
Written by Sean Behan on 03/04/2017
Custom Date Formats for Your Rails Application
If you use a consistent date format often in your Rails applciation, it is worth it to add the format to your application environment. You can do this by adding  it to the bottom of the config/environment.rb file. Time::DATE_FORMATS[:my_custom_format] ...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Gem Information with Gem List
If you want to get version information about a gem the easiest way to do it is with this command gem list For example gem list activemerchant will output the activemerchant versions I have installed. You can pass only part of the name like gem list ...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012