IMPORTANT NOTE : FB has changed and said nothing.
Take a look at your URL (top box on your screen.) If you see “http” or just “www” instead of “https” you DO NOT have a secure session & can be hacked. Go to Account Settings – Account Security – click Change. Check box (secure browsing), click Save. FB has automatically set it on the non-secure setting! Do everyone a huge favour, copy & re-post
To resolve this issue which for me applies to Ubuntu because rake is not in sudo’s secure paths do the following on the command line
sudo ln -s `which rake` /usr/local/bin/
Agile development has become a buzz word intended to remove much of the problems of traditional software development. However its not easy to actually achieve (in practice). And it is with this thought that I recently realised I’d hired a person who talked up agile but in fact used it as a means to be lazy. If you’d like to avoid this mistake, read on.
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Problem: I’ve got the need to have a list of options presented in a drop down list but I really don’t mind them being hard coded somewhere (if I did I’d stuff them in a database table).
Fix: Easy I can add an array of arrays to my model file and them pull them through to the view. In each sub-array the first element in the name displayed, the second is that submitted with the request.
Example: In the model for my bookings I add booking_status
class Booking < ActiveRecord::Base
BOOKING_STATUS = [
['booked', 'booked'],
['request', 'request'],
['pending', 'pending'],
['approved', 'approved'],
['not-approved', 'not_approved'],
['other', 'other'] ]
end
In the view I can then include a selection tag which uses each of these items
<%= f.select :status, Booking::BOOKING_STATUS %>
Rails script generators enable true prototyping from the command line. The simplicity of being able to generate a complete working application within a few commands is wonderful. However I often find that I’m spending time to ensure some very simple basics are better than the out of the box offering.
Yes I know I prototyping, yes I know I’m going to through it away at the end of the day but still there is no need for not making effective use of partials in forms.
Partials within forms makes sure functionality is rapidly updated in both the new and edit actions.
So typically I like to convert:
<h1>Editing booking</h1>
<% form_for(@booking) do |f| %>
<%= f.error_messages %>
<p>
<%= f.label :event_id %><br />
<%= f.text_field :event_id %>
</p>
<p>
<%= f.label :user_id %><br />
<%= f.text_field :user_id %>
</p>
<p>
<%= f.label :status %><br />
<%= f.text_field :status %>
</p>
<p>
<%= f.submit 'Update' %>
</p>
<% end %>
to something which makes much more sense like:
<h1>Editing booking</h1>
<% form_for(@booking) do |f| %>
<%= render :partial => 'form', :locals => { :f => f } %>
<p>
<%= f.submit 'Update' %>
</p>
<% end %>
I’d encourage you to do the same and see how it saves you one more piece of hassle. And of course if your using text mate remember ctrl+shift+H will create the partial for you.
I was speaking with a good friend the other day who pointed me to http://usesthis.com/. A simple idea: talk to the big players in the now & future space of the software industry and get some insight on who, how they do what they do.
I good ideas deserves copying … And so here is my background on the hardware, software and future desires:
The Hardware:
I recently upgraded to a 15″ MacBook Pro - it works great and doesn’t overheat unlike the baby mac I previously had. I used to use a Lenovo T61 – ugly beast but its served me well and worked hard. When I’m near my desk I connected to a 500GB segate drive, 24″ IIyama display and a overpriced but good mighty mouse.
Also at home I like to listen to music from my old Project Debut II turntable and Mission 701 speakers. I love my vinyl even if I have to constantly get up to flip it over. And for pictures I’ve a second hand Canon 40D. Its not that fancy but very robust – I’ve broken far too many digital cameras so I appreciate its metal chasis. Speaking of which I had to succumb to a marware condom for my iPhone for the same reason.
The Software:
Most of the day to day grind involves Chrome, TextMate and the terminal. Our office has moved very successfully to Google Apps for domains so this frees me from Outlook. I use Aptana for some development work, Tweetdeck to keep up with the world and then theres XCode, Skype, Picasa, Axure, Excel & iTunes. On the server side I’m a big fan of Ubuntu but also resort to Redhat on production environments. In these places its vi, bash, mysql, apache, rails, php & subversion.
What would be the dream setup?
I actually think I’m pretty lucky already. Not to much to add, a QNAP media server and playstation 3 would ease the burden of course and a SSD hard drive would make things move faster – always a necessity. Oh and a Fonera_2.0 router, currently on a bogo cheap thing that needs to be regularly rebooted.
Ideally I’d have a moogle device which would be some kind of google for the mind – it would index the stuff I can’t and do forget every day, oh and can it do the research and the work too please.
Shortcut: Very quick post on HTML5. Checkout this great round up of the feature available in HTML5 by the good fooks at apirocks.com. HTML5Rocks
You’ll need a capable browser like Google Chrome or modern Firefox to view.
NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>RailsEnv betaServerName my-app.redjamjar.netDocumentRoot /home/rails/beta/my-app/current/public<Directory “/home/rails/beta/my-app/current/public”>allow from allAllowOverride All</Directory></VirtualHost>
Every time I make it third person single question/update one liner I get an almost instant response – it really is awesome.
And for the longer messages… well that little subject line is the place to not ‘name’ the email but to get right into the essence of the email – by the time its been read the recipient wants to read the rest of the email.
No one has ever said integration of one system with another is straight forward. But does it always need to be a surprise a minute roller coaster ride? In a recent and slightly challenging (read evolving) integration projects I devised a simple set of rules:
Action Plan:
Have I overlooked anything you find works best for you? Let me have your comments and I’ll add them in.