Rails Helper to Remove Leading Zero in 12 Hour Time Format
I can't find a strftime() format that will output the hour without the leading zero. For instance 6:20 will be instead 06:20. This just looks a little sloppy. I created a datetime.rb intializer which will contain custom datetime formats for my applicatio...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
How To Add A Route With A Forward Slash in Params with Rails 3 Application
Use an asterisk in the pattern to match for everything after it. In the example below, date will be available in the params hash as params[:date].
SPB::Application.routes.draw do
# http://example.com/calendar/2007/10
# params[:date] => "2007/1...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/22/2012
How to Install Ferret, the Full Text Search Engine with Your Rails Application
Ferret is a full text search engine based on the popular Lucene Engine, which is originally written for Java. There is a great tutorial available here: http://www.railsenvy.com/2007/2/19/acts-as-ferret-tutorial
Assuming you have the plugin installed, act...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Using Prototype to Access Form Data
Prototype has a powerful API for accessing and manipulating the Document Object Model, A.K.A the DOM. The following code will let you interact with a simple web form.
Suppose we have a form that contains hidden/or locked inputs and they need to be update...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Validate Uniqueness on Join Tables in Rails
How to validate uniqueness in a :has_many :through relationship with Ruby on Rails. You'll need three models in this example List, Subscriber and ListSubscriber. A list has many subscribers and a subscriber has many lists. Simple enough. Running the follo...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
