Recent Writings
These posts are culled from a variety of blogs in which I've posted entries. Links exist to the source post if the site still exists.
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Another Reason Why Bundler is so Great
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
I had the occasion to integrate a custom signup form into a Constant Contact account via their API today. The dependency issues on the constant_contact gem would have ruined my day if not for Bundler.
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REST-ful Dynamic Select Lists in Rails
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
It is often the case that you want to have a form with multiple select lists where one is dependent upon the selection of another. In Rails parlance, maybe you want to select a parent record in one select field, then populate another select field with all the children records from the has_many association.
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Bundler with Radiant CMS
Monday, September 13, 2010
here's been a variety of Bundler hatin' going around the internets, but damn if everytime I've run into a dependency issue, Bundler's been there to hold my hand, pat my head, and tell me that everything is going to be alright.
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Singlebrook's Rails Template
Monday, June 28, 2010
You all know about Rails Templates, right? They make it easy to setup a new Rails application with common components. Here's our Rails template, in which we ditch Prototype, add Authlogic, and grab Factory Girl (among others).
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Handy Helper Methods Testing Domain-specific Routing for Functional Tests
Monday, June 14, 2010
We've been doing some domain-specific routing lately with a Rails project, so here's a few helper methods that we use in our test environment to test these routes.
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Virgin BroadBand2Go USB Modem Connectivity -- Solved
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
I couldn't connect to my data network through the Virgin BroadBand2Go software that came with my USB modem. It would just connect then immediately disconnect from the network. No explanation
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Casey Dreier is a professional web developer who specializes in Ruby on Rails, likes working with JQuery Javascript framework, and used to work with CakePHP, among others. He also likes to share his code on GitHub. He currently works at Singlebrook Technology in Ithaca, NY.
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