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I'm Sean.

I write about #software, #SaaS, #consulting and #mobile app development

I code in #Python, #PHP, #Swift, #Ruby, #ReactJS and #Postgres


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Manage Fixtures with Yaml DB Plugin for Rails
Get the plugin like so... script/plugin install git://github.com/adamwiggins/yaml_db.git This command will dump your data rake db:data:dump And load it back rake db:data:load Beautiful :) More info here http://blog.heroku.com/archives/2007/11/23/yam...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
JSON::GeneratorError: only generation of JSON objects or arrays allowed
If you run into this error message try switching to an earlier version of ExecJs. JSON::GeneratorError: only generation of JSON objects or arrays allowed # Gemfile gem 'execjs', '~> 1.4' gem 'coffee-script' gem 'sass' ...
Written by Sean Behan on 08/22/2013
Moodle's Most Important Function Gets No Attention
Arguably the most important function in the Moodle API, is the create_course function. One would think... after all Moodle is an LMS. Courses are the bread and butter for course management platforms, right? Taking a look at the function in the course/lib....
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
How to Check if Your iOS or MacOS App is Connected to the Internet
Is your app connected to the internet? You can use this standalone class to check! There are no dependencies so you can copy/paste it into your project without needing to install another framework. With this class it's as simple as running `Reachabili...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/08/2018
Override to_param method in model to get pseudo permalinks without any work
There are a number of permalink plugins for Rails, http://www.seoonrails.com/even-better-looking-urls-with-permalink_fu, is a good one that I've used before. However, this involves informing the model class (has_permalink :title), adding a route, using t...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012