Streams of James

WebSequenceDiagrams.com - Create Sequence Diagrams with one click

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:22:24 +0100

WebSequenceDiagrams.com - Create Sequence Diagrams with one click:

Create UML sequence diagrams on a napkin online!

RVM in MacVim

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:20:26 +0100

I’ve wanted to be able to use an RVM version of ruby in MacVIm for a very long time now but nothing’s happened. So I decided to put together my first vim plugin.

RVM Ruby gives you a Ruby ex command that will let you all ruby from inside MacVim.

Some changes and improvements that I can foresee implementing in the near future are:

Using RVM internals to deduce the ruby path in order to support alternate installation locations.
Providing an Rvm ex command that will interface with RVM directly.

Take a look and feel free to hack away. I’ll happily accept contributions and/or ideas.

Custom RESTful updates

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 01:22:17 +0100

I recently decided it was time to refactor some messy controllers and ended up coming up with a way of quickly breaking up some of the logic in our update actions. By supplying a parameter as part of the PUT request a custom update method can be used.

That way a basic update, which probably just calls update_attributes will always be the default. But you can use custom redirects, render different partials and so on, which does come in handy when you’re doing a lot of asynchronous requests via Javascript.

Wow, that was one hell of a sentence! The module gets included in to a controller and then you PUT an update_handler as part of your request.

Reek after Autotest

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 01:03:00 +0100

I added a hook to autotest this week that runs Reek after all of your tests. It’s not perfect because it can only run reek on every Ruby file in app/models, app/controllers and lib.

If you want to use it just paste the code in to your .autotest file in either your home directory or your project directory.

Bundler and ZSH completion scripts

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 00:55:00 +0100

I’ve found myself furiously hacking ZSH completion scripts this afternoon. I wrote a pretty clean Bundler completion script a month or two ago but today managed to get `bundle exec` completion working properly as well!

The completion script is included in my dotfiles which I keep on Github.

MacVim, Ruby and RVM

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 00:34:57 +0100

MacVim doesn’t support RVM. Not as far as I can tell having just built it from head using Homebrew.

jgarciam:

As you know rvm is great for keeping different versions of ruby on your system, and also is a great help with organizing your gems.

Today maybe this is of public knowledge but I have found out that macvim will use the correct gemset and ruby version if you set the ruby version and gemset before you launch macvim from the comand line.

To make this even easier I use the rvmrc files that will instruct the terminal to switch to the correct versions when entering a project.

just use

echo 'rvm use {ruby-version}@{gemset}' > /path/to/your/project/.rvmrc

change directory into your project check your ruby version and gems installed and you’ll see that you have the correct information.

Additionally rvm comes with a prompt tool that lets you know what version of ruby and gemset you’re using.

For more information on rvm check out their site

Really cool site with loads of iPhone walls… http://j.mp/cxK2TH

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:32:54 +0100

Really cool site with loads of iPhone walls… http://j.mp/cxK2TH

Dry up your use of Factories in RSpecs with a little meta programming… http://j.mp/916Gr9

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:44:39 +0100

Dry up your use of Factories in RSpecs with a little meta programming… http://j.mp/916Gr9

coder.io: a link aggregator for developers

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:34:41 +0100

coder.io: a link aggregator for developers

Dubstep on the Desktop: My current iTunes track thanks to...

Wed, 26 May 2010 21:30:11 +0100

Dubstep on the Desktop:

My current iTunes track thanks to Bowtie, my replacement for CoverSutra.

Rails: Using path_prefix within a route namespace removes the namespace from the URL. Unexpected but...

Wed, 26 May 2010 19:50:41 +0100

Rails: Using path_prefix within a route namespace removes the namespace from the URL. Unexpected but logical.

Rails: Convert a Ruby object (typically a Hash) in to a suitable string for use as GET params…...

Wed, 26 May 2010 19:50:41 +0100

Rails: Convert a Ruby object (typically a Hash) in to a suitable string for use as GET params… http://j.mp/cWZPCt

Rails.vim: just discoved :AV, finally I can open a spec file in a vertical split without using :vsp,...

Wed, 26 May 2010 14:54:31 +0100

Rails.vim: just discoved :AV, finally I can open a spec file in a vertical split without using :vsp, then :Rspec [some-path].

Apple understand the web: Do all Ruby/Rails developers use...

Wed, 26 May 2010 01:16:29 +0100

Apple understand the web:

Do all Ruby/Rails developers use Javascript? Do no PHP/Perl developers?

What are Apple on about with these strange categories. I guess we can see what Apple think of Ruby.

Fancy making your own Growl style? I had a play and pushed it today… http://j.mp/b4rs5m

Mon, 24 May 2010 16:44:43 +0100

Fancy making your own Growl style? I had a play and pushed it today… http://j.mp/b4rs5m

Monitor file size in Ruby with some Rails internals, benchmark, trap and unnecessary colour…...

Thu, 20 May 2010 22:28:26 +0100

Monitor file size in Ruby with some Rails internals, benchmark, trap and unnecessary colour… http://j.mp/abbs99

Rain?! No thank you London.

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:58:55 +0100

Rain?! No thank you London.

I love contributing to awesome open source projects! Even when it’s something small like this…...

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:10:27 +0100

I love contributing to awesome open source projects! Even when it’s something small like this… http://j.mp/aUxR0o

If you haven’t read it already take a look at Steve Jobs’ “Thoughts on...

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:58:29 +0100

If you haven’t read it already take a look at Steve Jobs’ “Thoughts on Flash”… http://j.mp/buPkA6

How to configure git to use MacVim as your mergetool… http://j.mp/agmf55

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:10:51 +0100

How to configure git to use MacVim as your mergetool… http://j.mp/agmf55