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Comment on Why Rails? by Why Rails? – Jupiter Technology

Why Rails? – Jupiter Technology — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:10:58 +0000

[...] Why Rails? With Rails, we can build and launch a prototype application in an extremely short time. On average, we can have something simple in front of the client in less than a couple of days, which is much faster than our previous projects where we used ASP or PHP. And that project isn’t usually a throwaway project; we can tweak it and move forward, from prototype to production. via napcsweb.com [...]

Comment on Moving from Prototype to JQuery by DL

DL — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:44:59 +0000

I don’t know if this treatment is related to your disability, but thought it might be worth a look if/when it’s released:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/stem-cell-therapy-restores-british-mans-eyesight/

Comment on Autocomplete forms in Rails 2.3.3 by Kenji Crosland

Kenji Crosland — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:30:46 +0000

I’ve been looking forever for something just like this. You’re a lifesaver.

Comment on Accessible Rails Apps – Rails Links, REST and JavaScript Hidden Forms by Walter Schreppers

Walter Schreppers — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:36:52 +0000

Also a rails fan. And think there is indeed an alternative solution to the ‘javascript needed’ problem I bumped into this as well way back when playing with rails for the first time here http://walter.schreppers.com/index.php?page=blogpost&pos=53

Not sure if it still applies basically you add an extra href option to the link tag:
{ :action => :delete_from_cart, :id => cart_item.product } ,
:href => { :action => :delete_from_cart, :id => cart_item.product }
)
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Apart from that I really enjoyed your rails tips and insights as much as Ryan Bates advice, keep up the good work!
Soon I will try to post how to do a proper upload progress bar with jQuery & mod_progress for apache in a rails app. You can see the demo app here : http://vet.sitweb.eu.

Cya!

Comment on Chippewa Valley Code Camp 2009 by Aaron B.

Aaron B. — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:53:05 +0000

Really had a great time at the code camp and a fun time at the Stout Ale House. I dont know if we were introduced I was sitting on same side of table 2 chairs down across from the Big Hammer pros. I would like to learn Ruby, can you suggest a good starting book for a .net developer wanting to do some web development? hint hint… FYI had some great laughs checking out whyyourefat.com…

Comment on Making it easier to install gems on Windows by Brian

Brian — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:49:46 +0000

You shouldn’t have to place any gems anywhere. And this article is out of date. To install gems on Windows now all you need is the One Click Ruby Installer, then open command prompt and type gem update –system and then gem install rails mongrel sqlite3-ruby

Comment on Making it easier to install gems on Windows by about2flip

about2flip — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:24:11 +0000

Where do I place the gems I need to install?

Comment on Geokit and named_scope by Brian

Brian — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:30:41 +0000

@NickD:

You’re right. I extracted this code from an existing example and forgot to handle the geocoding within the method. The self.by_location method does the geolocation lookup if a string is passed.

I like your example. Very simple.

Comment on Geokit and named_scope by NickD

NickD — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:22:03 +0000

I found that I had to call MultiGeocoder.geocode(“742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield IL”) first and pass that object to distance_sql. distance_sql doesn’t take in a straight address.

Here is my named scope:
named_scope :geocoded, lambda{ |origin, distance| distance_sql = self.distance_sql(MultiGeocoder.geocode(origin)); { :select => “businesses.*, #{distance_sql} as distance”, :conditions => “#{distance_sql} <= #{distance}" } }

Comment on Saving without callbacks by Brian

Brian — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:52:14 +0000

I think that’s an acceptable approach, but what I don’t like about it is it’s not as declarative, and it’s inconsistent with how update_attribute and update work. At least you know with my example by looking that I’m not triggering callbacks.

Thanks for bringing that up though!