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Query Stats Rails Plugin

over 5 years ago by Dan Manges on Dan Manges.
I just released Query Stats, a Rails plugin for tracking database queries. I extracted it from a project at work where we used it to know how many queries...

New Plugin Forum

over 5 years ago by Rick Olson on Techno weenie.
Okay, I’m trying something new. I’m tired of answering questions about plugins in private email, so I’ve opened up a forum for it. Ask...

Ajax Scaffold point releases

over 5 years ago by Richard White on { height: 1%; }.
Just a quick not that I've put out a point release for both projects (generator v3.1.20 and plugin v3.2.1) to fix the fact that the :class_name attribute...

Ola Bini’s Ducktator and Controversial Topics

over 5 years ago by Austin Ziegler on halostatue.
Clearing the air about some posts that happened yesterday, and ultimately agreeing with Ola Bini about Ducktator....

"Stop evangelising [..] you're wasting your time" : September's Troll of the Month

over 5 years ago by Peter Cooper on Ruby Inside.
This month's "Troll of the Month" is Ruby vs Python - why no-one should care by Cynos. Cynos touches on a point I've seen raised a few times in the past...

Table Tag; The HTML Pariah

over 5 years ago by Matt McCray on Matt McCray.
Here’s a piece of news: The table tag isn’t deprecated in XHTML!OK, “that’s not news” you say. True. It’s not. But it...

New Rails Site: FanNation

over 5 years ago by Mike Blake on Martinicity.
The folks at FanNation have done something that no one else in the sports world has done. They’ve created a comprehensive site for sports fans...

Strings vs Symbols in Ruby

over 5 years ago by Jason W on Jason Warner.
I have been asked this question at least four times in the past week so I thought I would write about it. What is the difference between a string and...

CriteriaQuery and arbitrary conditions

over 5 years ago by François on A Single Programmer's Blog.
CriteriaQuery is a Rails plugin which eases arbitrary query building. From the README: If you frequently face the problem of constructing complex...

Hashes, Defaults, and Objects

over 5 years ago by Pat Eyler on On Ruby.
I just read Ruby Hashes of Arbitrary Depth by Duane Johnson (another UtahValley.rb/BYU-RUG Rubyist), and thought it was worth pointing out. The funny part...