Setting up a new ubuntu server with apache2, php, ruby on rails, rubygems, mysql, and git
Here are a list of commands to get up and running with Apache2 with Phussion Passenger for Rails, PHP5, MySQL5, Ruby on Rails with Gems, and the source control software Git. I think that this is a pretty ideal environment for a development box and even pr...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Carrier Email Addresses for Sending SMS over Email
Just for reference, here are the carrier email addresses for sending email as an SMS. Look up the carrier for the phone in question, then send an email in this format [telephonenumber]@[carrier-name.com]
Carrier Email to SMS Gateway
Alltel [10-digit p...
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
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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
Yield a Block within Rails Helper Method with Multiple Content_tags Using Concat
To clean up some repetitive html coding in views, pass a block of text to a helper function which will wrap it for you the same way, each and every time. For example, I have a 'help' link which will toggle the display of a block of text if a link is click...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
