Recent snippets posted on Snipplr.com https://snipplr.com/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:52:19 +0000 https://snipplr.com/view/37610/rails-freezing-an-app <p>Migrating a Rails app from Development to Production can sometimes be a real pain. One way I help reduce headache is by copying all the necessary Rails files to make it a self-contained unit (Freezing). If I need to make version changes later, I simply unfreeze.</p> Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:03:45 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/37610/rails-freezing-an-app https://snipplr.com/view/37609/rails-my-favorite-rails-plugins <p>Here are a few examples of how to install my favorite rails plug-ins from GIT. The alternative solution is to simply use gem --and have the plugin available throughout all of my rails applications-- but I prefer to have my applications living as self-contained units.</p> Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:57:42 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/37609/rails-my-favorite-rails-plugins https://snipplr.com/view/36675/rails-simple-nav-link-helper <p>In an effort to stay DRY, here's a simple way to organize your main navigation.</p> Sun, 04 Jul 2010 19:18:35 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/36675/rails-simple-nav-link-helper https://snipplr.com/view/35063/rails-iphone-detection <p>Use this as a way to detect iPhone users using Rails 2+. This should live in your /controllers/application_controller.rb (class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base). You also need to modify your mime type.</p> Sat, 22 May 2010 13:59:30 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/35063/rails-iphone-detection https://snipplr.com/view/30030/rails-commands-i-wish-i-could-remember <p></p> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:43:01 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/30030/rails-commands-i-wish-i-could-remember https://snipplr.com/view/9359/rails-basic-formfor-helper <p>form_for is the most popular helper used when generating a form that binds to one type of object. The parameter you pass through form_for ("|f|") is of datatype FormBuilder which offers these methods: text_field, password_field, check_box, and text_area</p> Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:00:58 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/9359/rails-basic-formfor-helper https://snipplr.com/view/9315/rails-list-available-rake-tasks <p>I'm always forgetting what rake can do or how to write it so here's a quick command that will list out everything.</p> Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:59:07 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/9315/rails-list-available-rake-tasks https://snipplr.com/view/6614/rails-installing-recaptcha <p></p> Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:34:37 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/6614/rails-installing-recaptcha https://snipplr.com/view/6613/rails-installing-restful-authentication <p>I always forget the command needed to install RESTful authentication.</p> Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:32:27 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/6613/rails-installing-restful-authentication