Cool Conditional Syntax in Ruby (on Rails)
Ruby is beautiful
@posts =
if true
Post.all
else
[]
end
Simply elegant!
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Trouble Using Attr_Accessor in Rails Models and Forms
You might use the attr_accessible method to create getters and setters for a class that has attributes which don't map directly to corresponding fields in a database. For example let's take the scenario where you are processing a credit card transaction. ...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
How to Create a Date Time Snippet in Sublime Text 2 (Dynamic Signature with Time Stamp)
You'll have to create a new plugin. From the menu bar select
Tools > New Plugin
Copy the Python script from the signature.py file. Remember to replace your email address (it's example.com).
Save the file, signature.py, is fine. Next open up Prefer...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
SHA1 or MD5 Hashing in Python
import hashlib
print hashlib.sha1("My wonderful string").hexdigest()
print hashlib.md5("My other wonderful string").hexdigest()
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Aliasing Attributes in Ruby on Rails
Alias an attribute with alias_attribute method.
The first argument is the name for the new attribute, while the second argument is to identify the attribute that is already defined.
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
alias_attribute :username, :login
...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
