attr_accessor vs attr_accessible (Ruby on Rails)
The post describes what mean ‘attr_accessor’ and ‘attr_accessible’ in a Rails Model.
Regular Expressions in Ruby
Ruby uses Perl-compatible regular expressions, so if you’re familiar with the preg_*functions in PHP, it will be easy to learn regular expressions in Ruby.
Installing ANSICON for colored output in Ruby on Rails tests on Windows
Flow – What makes a life worth living
Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi asks, “What makes a life worth living?”
Noting that money cannot make us happy, he looks to those who find pleasure and lasting satisfaction in activities that bring about a state of “flow.”
Installing mysql2 gem on Ruby 1.9.2 and Rails 3.0.5 on Windows
When running ‘rake db:create’, you may get the following error:
>rake db:create
rake aborted!
126: The specified module could not be found. - d:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.2/li
b/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/mysql2-0.3.11-x86-mingw32/lib/mysql2/1.9/mysql2.soor may get these errors while installing mysql:
rake aborted !
uninitialized constant mysql2Error ‘uninitialized constant mysql2′ comes when mysql2 installation is not done properly.
Introduction to Smarty 3
This article shows the major changes in smarty 3.
Working with regular expressions (preg_) and UTF-8 strings in PHP
Regular expression patterns \w, \d, \s will not work as expected for non-latin letters in a UTF-8 string when you use preg_ functions (like preg_match, preg_split, preg_replace).
First of all you must use modifier /u to work with UTF-8 strings correctly.
One of the best solutions to common tasks is to use the pattern escapes \P, \p, and \X, which refer to Unicode character properties.
SSH Authentication on Linux
Here is a step-by-step explanation how to configure Linux server to be accessible over SSH.
Tips to make a successful startup
Rules of success learned from various successful people and products.
Angel Investing : useful links
Max Ivak
