Using to_sentence method on an Array in Ruby on Rails
Member.all.collect {|member| member.firstname}.to_sentence
=> "Alex, Andy, and Sean"
Declare separator and the connector
Member.all.collect {|member| member.firstname}.to_sentence(
:connector => "and last but not least,",
:skip_last_comma => tr...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Reusing Scopes (Formerly Named_scope) In Rails 3
You can easily chain scopes together in your models.
class Article < ActiveRecord::Base
scope :ordered, order('position ASC')
scope :published, ordered.where('published = ?', true)
scope :for_homepage, published.limit(3)
end
Article.for_homepage...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Disk Usage Information on Mac OS X
Get disk usage information about the Desktop
$ du -h -d 0 Desktop
14G Desktop
Information about how much free space is available on computer
$ df -lh
Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/disk0s2 111Gi 109Gi 2.3Gi 98% /
...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Extract Domain Names From Links in Text with Postgres and a Single SQL Query
This query and pattern will return urls in text all within a single SQL query.
select substring(column_name from '.*://([^/]*)') as domain_name from table_name;
And here it is in a larger query, say for retrieving page view counts for referrers.
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Written by Sean Behan on 11/23/2013
Simple String Concatenation of a Collection Written as a Helper for Rails
At Railsconf last week I took Greg Pollack's online course Rails Best Practices. The interface is gorgeous and the instructions are excellent. One of the lessons involved taking a partial and moving it into a helper. I was reminded how difficult such a si...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
