How To Create a Dump File in Postgres Compatible with Heroku
When Heroku creates a dump file of your Postgres database it uses the `-Fc` option
It is equivalent to running
pg_dump -Fc -d name_of_db > name_of_db.dump
This command will let you import your database with the `pg_restore` command
pg_rest...
Written by Sean Behan on 03/06/2017
Override to_param method in model to get pseudo permalinks without any work
There are a number of permalink plugins for Rails, http://www.seoonrails.com/even-better-looking-urls-with-permalink_fu, is a good one that I've used before. However, this involves informing the model class (has_permalink :title), adding a route, using t...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Installing Scala on Mac OS X Leopard
I followed the instructions from here http://arvinderkang.com/2009/09/01/installing-scala-on-snow-leopard/ but I used version 2.7.6 (rather than .5) I installed scala under /usr/local/scala so I had to include it to my path. Type
vim .bash_profile
expor...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Open Files in TextMate 2 with A Single Click
To open files with a single click from the file browser inside of TextMate 2 run this command from the terminal
defaults write com.macromates.TextMate.preview fileBrowserSingleClickToOpen -bool true
And to turn it off
defaults write com.macro...
Written by Sean Behan on 11/04/2013
Nesting Resources in Rails Routes.Rb with Namespaces
When I have a controller that takes more than one has_many argument, I think about creating a namespace. This way I may still use my forums, pages controllers w/out needing any conditional logic, testing for the presence of :course_id in the params hash.
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Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
