So. I'm playing with the routing.rb code in Rails 2.1, and trying to to get it to the point where I can do something useful with the RoutingError exception that is thrown when it can't find the appropriate path. This is a somewhat tricky problem, because there are some class of URLs which are just plain BAD: the /azenv.php bot attacks,...
Could any one recommend some good UML/modeling tools for Ruby and Ruby on Rails? Edit: would be nice to generate code from UML diagrams as well as generate diagrams from existing code. ...
How do you delete a cookie in rails that was set with a wild card domain: cookies[:foo] = {:value => 'bar', :domain => '.acme.com'} When, following the docs, you do: cookies.delete :foo the logs say Cookie set: foo=; path=/; expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT Notice that the domain is missing (it seems to use the default par...
If i use restful_authentication in my ruby on rails app are passwords transfered between the broswer and the server in paintext? And if so how worried should I be about it? ...
One thing I really miss about Java is the tool support. FindBugs, Checkstyle and PMD made for a holy trinity of code quality metrics and automatic bug checking. Is there anything that will check for simple bugs and / or style violations of Ruby code? Bonus points if I can adapt it for frameworks such as Rails so that Rails idioms ar...
As it stands now I'm a Java and C# developer, but the more and more I look at Ruby on Rails, the more I really want to learn it. What have you found to be the best route to learn RoR? Would it be easier to develop on Windows, or should I just run a virtual machine with linux? Is there an ide that can match the robustness of Visual Stu...
I am developing an application in using Ruby on Rails, mostly as an excuse to learn the language. This is not intended to be a web-based application - and perhaps I have chosen the wrong language, but... My understanding is, that in order to run an instance of this application on somebody else's computer, they would need to install rub...
I am working with fixtures on rails and I want one of the fixture fields to be blank. Example: two: name: test path: - I want this blank but not to act as a group heading. test: 4 But, I do not know how to leave path: blank without it acting as a group title. Does anybody know how to do that? ...
I'm going to be starting a project soon that requires support for large-ish binary files. I'd like to use Ruby on Rails for the webapp, but I'm concerned with the BLOB support. In my experience with other languages, frameworks, and databases, BLOBs are often overlooked and thus have poor, difficult, and/or buggy functionality. Does RoR ...
Is there an easy way to return data to web service clients in JSON using Rails? ...
What is the best way to do per-user database connections in Rails? I realize this is a poor Rails design practice, but we're gradually replacing an existing web application that uses one database per user. A complete redesign/rewrite is not feasible. ...
I am using ActiveScaffold in a Ruby on Rails app, and have replaced the default "actions" text in the table (ie. "edit", "delete", "show") with icons using CSS. I have also added a couple of custom actions with action_link.add ("move" and "copy"). For clarity, I would like to have the icons displayed in a different order than they are. ...
I am using ActiveScaffold in a Ruby on Rails app, and to save space in the table I have replaced the default "actions" text in the table (ie. "edit", "delete", "show") with icons using CSS. I have also added a couple of custom actions with action_link.add ("move" and "copy"). For clarity, I would like to have a tooltip pop up with the r...
I am wanting to use ActiveScaffold to create assignment records for several students in a single step. The records will all contain identical data, with the exception of the student_id. I was able to override the default form and replace the dropdown box for selecting the student name with a multi-select box - which is what I want. Th...
I want to make a copy of an activerecord record, changing a single field in the process (in addition to the id). What is the simplest way to accomplish this? I realize I could create a new record, and then iterate over each of the fields copying the data field-by-field - but I figured there must be an easier way to do this... such as:...
In Ruby on Rails Development (or MVC in general), what quick rule should I follow as to where to put logic. Please answer in the affirmative - With Do put this here, rather than Don't put that there. ...
What is the best way for me to determine a controller variable's value during execution? For example, is there a way I can insert a break in the code, and cause the value of the variable to be output to the screen (or the log)? ...
I want to write an onClick event which submits a form several times, iterating through selected items in a multi-select field, submitting once for each. How do I code the loop? I'm working in Ruby on Rails and using remote_function() to generate the javascript for the ajax call. ...
My current project is in Rails. Coming from a Symfony (PHP) and Django (Python) background, they both have excellent admin generators. Seems like this is missing in Rails. For those who aren't familiar with Symfony or Django, they both allow you to specify some metadata around your models to automatically (dynamically) generate an adm...
Does anyone know of a good, open source, web-based file manager that is easy to integrate with Ruby on Rails? ...