Installing MatPlotLib on OS X for Python Version 2.6.1 with PIP and VirtualEnv
If you thought you had installed matplotlib only to find this
File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/matplotlib-0.91.1-py2.6-macosx-10.6-universal.egg/matplotlib/numerix/__init__.py", line 166, in
__import__('ma', g, l)
File "/Library/Python/2.6/...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
My First Data Visualization McCain V. Obama Election Results
Here is my first data visualization. I used the Processing programming language and an SVG map of the United States.
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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
How To Export A MySQL Database to JSON, CSV and XML with Ruby and the ActiveRecord Gem
It's trivial to export data from a mysql database with Ruby and ActiveRecord. All you have to do is establish a connection and define a class that represents the table.
require 'rubygems'
require 'active_record'
ActiveRecord::Base.establish_con...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/23/2012
Extending Rails Form Builders
Extending forms in Rails is simple and will greatly reduce the amount of code in your views. This example is taken right from the Agile Web Development book on Rails(2.1.*) with one minor tweak. I want to pass a label argument along with the field name so...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
