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(Ruby) Ruby: Search Spotify API - chrisaiv

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:04:01 UTC

Simple test showing how to make a request to Spotify's API.

(Ruby) Ruby: Parsing Blackberry Download Reports - chrisaiv

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:46:26 UTC

The Blackberry AppWorld portal allows you to schedule reports which are delivered as CSV.zip files. Although the CSV file offers a lot of detail about operating system and date of download, most of the time I just want to know which users downloaded the app from which countries. So usually I choose "Country, then date", unpack the .zip and run this (verbose) ruby script.

(Ruby) Ruby: SMPTE Converter - chrisaiv

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:09:28 UTC

If you need to do any sort of screen capturing using FFMPEG, you might need this one day

(Ruby) Ruby: CSV to XML (Version 2) - chrisaiv

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 05:33:51 UTC

I use this code snippet all the time. It allows me to parse a CSV file and transform it into an XML file.

(Ruby) Ruby: Capturing Song Title information from an IceCast Server - chrisaiv

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 09:26:41 UTC

IceCast server's sometimes offer meta-data information on a particular piece. Here's an example of a data scrape from Classical KUSC

(Ruby) Ruby: Importing CSV data into DB with ActiveRecord Validation - chrisaiv

Sat, 23 Oct 2010 08:44:17 UTC

This script is a nice balance between validating data and speed.

(Ruby) Capistrano: MediaTemple - chrisaiv

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 04:36:24 UTC

(Ruby) Ruby: State Abbreviations - chrisaiv

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:16:58 UTC

Easy way to populate a drop-down menu

(Ruby) Ruby: Extend String Class to Capitalize Every Single Word - chrisaiv

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:26:57 UTC

Don't forget to use require 'directory/name_of_class'

(Ruby) Ruby: Directory Class Methods - chrisaiv

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:04:24 UTC

(Ruby) Ruby: Reading from Files + File Class Methods - chrisaiv

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:36:45 UTC

(Ruby) Ruby: File Path Basics - chrisaiv

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:13:25 UTC

Ruby provides a platform independent way of displaying file paths. Here are a few common ways to show absolute and relative paths.

(Ruby) Ruby: Parse XML to CSV - chrisaiv

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:10:35 UTC

I had an XML file that I needed to convert to CSV. In order to make things easier for myself, I used a pipe | symbol instead of a comma so that there would be no parsing errors later. I also ended up writing the file to a Txt file and importing it as such to Microsoft Excel.

(Ruby) Ruby: How to use the Merge method within Ruby Blocks - chrisaiv

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:49:53 UTC

(Ruby) Ruby: How to use the 5 main Find methods within Code Blocks - chrisaiv

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:29:48 UTC

This shows how we can find objects inside code blocks (aka data sets).

(Ruby) Ruby: Multi-line comments - chrisaiv

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:17:56 UTC

(Ruby) Ruby: Unescape a URLEncoded String - chrisaiv

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:03:13 UTC

I needed a quick way to unescape a URL Encoded string. I found 2 chill ways

(Ruby) Installing the SQLite3 Database Interface for Ruby - chrisaiv

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:42:43 UTC

http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=552741

(Ruby) Rails: Force Migration - chrisaiv

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:55:26 UTC

Suppose you already have a database with a table named candy and now you want to start using migrations. If you try to run a migration with a pre-existing table, Rails will error. So by placing :force => true, you are forcefully wiping the table. After you've performed your migration, you normally want to return the Boolean to false.

(Ruby) Mixing in a Module immediately after an objects Singleton class - chrisaiv

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:58:38 UTC

https://www.chrisjmendez.com/2008/06/21/ruby-mixing-in-a-module-immediately-after-an-objects-singleton-class/

(Ruby) Open a text file and re-write its contents into a new text file - chrisaiv

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:03:34 UTC

https://www.chrisjmendez.com/2008/06/04/ruby-open-a-text-file-and-re-write-its-contents-into-a-new-text-file/

(Ruby) Simple Example of Threading in Ruby - chrisaiv

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 01:47:28 UTC

https://www.chrisjmendez.com/2007/10/22/ruby-simple-example-of-threading/

(Ruby) How to iterate through an array in Ruby - chrisaiv

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:01:24 UTC

https://www.chrisjmendez.com/2007/10/21/ruby-how-to-iterate-through-an-array/

(Ruby) Converting an array into YAML, Loading YAML into an array - chrisaiv

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:56:05 UTC

https://www.chrisjmendez.com/2007/10/21/converting-an-array-into-yaml-loading-yaml-into-an-array/

(Ruby) XML-RPC (Remote Procedure Calls) - chrisaiv

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:48:42 UTC

RPC is an alternative to SOAP or REST. If you find a webservice that has an implementation, here is are a few ways to make it work using Ruby

(Ruby) 101 to using Time in Ruby - chrisaiv

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:46:23 UTC

There are many functions available for Time, Month, Day, and Year. Below are a few examples I use frequently

(Ruby) Validate a Credit Card Number - chrisaiv

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:37:34 UTC

Download the Credit Card Library from Lucas Carlson user$ sudo gem install creditcard

(Ruby) Encrypting / Decrypting Passwords using EzCrypto - chrisaiv

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:19:45 UTC

First things First you need to install this ruby gem user$ sudo gem install ezcrypto

(Ruby) Encrypting passwords for a database using one-way hash technique (SHA1) - chrisaiv

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:58:33 UTC

Before you save a password to a database, it may make sense to encrypt it. That way when you do some user authentication, you can compare the users submitted password to the one on the database.

(Ruby) Ruby: Parse Delicious RSS Feeds - chrisaiv

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:38:27 UTC

https://www.chrisjmendez.com/2007/10/15/ruby-parse-delicious-rss-feeds/

(Ruby) Ruby: Web 2.0 Generator - chrisaiv

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:25:21 UTC

https://www.chrisjmendez.com/2017/10/15/ruby-web-2-0-name-generator/

(Ruby) Ruby: Randomly selecting an item from within a Hash - chrisaiv

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:22:41 UTC

Needed a way to randomly select an item from within a Hash