Change the Default Controller Name in Rails Functional Tests
Rails will infer the controller you want to test from the class name of the test case. For example...
class PeopleControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
end
will test the app/controllers/people_controller.rb.
To change this is trivial. Us...
Written by Sean Behan on 10/23/2013
Rails Select Tag and Onchange Event Calling a Remote Function with Default Option Selected
Here is a little code snippet that will fire off a request to update_client_path when you change the select field. This stands alone, rather than being apart of a larger form. The Client::CATEGORY argument is a hash, which I populated manually in my Clien...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Python String Format Precision of Float
You can use string interpolation in combination with a dictionary for simple formatting.
print "My name is %(name)s and I have $%(change)0.2f in change in my pocket!" % { 'name': 'Sean', 'change': 00.23 }
# My name is Sean and I have $0.23 in chang...
Written by Sean Behan on 11/20/2013
PHP Headers for Sending CSV File Downloads
If you would like to force a file download prompt to the user, instead of just outputting the text to the browser, use the following headers.
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Written by Sean Behan on 11/25/2017
Wildcard VirtualHost with Apache2
Set your ServerAlias directive to *.domain.tld - Here is a quick example.
<VirtualHost>
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias *.example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/path/to/site
</VirtualHost>
Now everything.example.com and anything.example.co...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
