Handy Rails Tips
Ruby on Rails tips and tutorials
Styling Your Blog's Code To Look Like Your Favorite Text Editor With CodeRay
For those of you out there with your own blog who want to style your snippets of code to look like your favourite text editor, here is a simplified version of the method I’ve used here on Handy Rails Tips.
Managing your log files from within your app
The log file can offer valuable information about what’s going on on your app.
Loading Observers Automatically From Their Own Folder
Observers are a great way of cleaning up and DRYing up your models. I use them quite a lot to deal with sending mails, logging messages and anything else that isn’t strictly the model’s responsibility.
Hiding A Flash Message After a Time Delay
The flash hash is a great way to provide feedback to your users. Here is a quick tip for hiding the flash message after a period of time if you don’t want to leave it lingering around.
Keeping Your Dates and Times DRY with to_formatted_s
Raw dates and times in Ruby are not too user-friendly!