Testing current_user and Sessions with Sinatra and Rack Test
Assume you have your standard Sinatra application.
# app.rb
require 'sinatra'
configure do
enable :sessions
end
get '/' do
if session[:user_id]
"OK"
else
raise "NOT OK!"
end
end
To test this you need to make a re...
Written by Sean Behan on 08/22/2013
Sample Rails Database Config for MySQL
Sample Ruby on Rails database config file for connecting to mysql.
production:
adapter: mysql
encoding: utf8
reconnect: false
database: db_production
pool: 5
username: db_user
password: db_password
#socket: /tmp/mysql.sock #this may vary
...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
How to Check if the Current Logged In User can Edit a Course in MOODLE Using the Has_capability Function
After an hour of fruitless searching through the docs and forums, I finally found an answer to my simple question, of course buried in the depths of the shark infested, murky water that is the Moodle code base .
How do I check if a user is a course creat...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
rails fixtures: using the right timestamp
Fixtures in Rails allow you to quickly and easily populate a database with sample data. They are great when testing your app and you need to test against a condition that will rely on a certain preexisting data point.
Fixtures are located in your RAILS_R...
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
