- Jan 31 2012
How to check if object can be destroyed if it has dependent: restrict associations
3 min
Rails provides several handy options for specifying how to deal with associated models upon deletion, for example: class Blog has_many :posts, :dependent => :destroy end The destroy value for the dependent option will call the destroy method for...
- Dec 2 2011
Default request parameters in Rails functional tests
2 min
I was looking for an easy way to force every request in a functional test in Rails to use a set of parameters by default, regardless of being specified explicitly. This is, every time I write: it "should get index" do get :index end Rails should...
- Sep 21 2011
InSTEDD at Pacific Endeavor 2011
17 min
Pacific Endeavor is a humanitarian communication workshop, organized by the US Pacific Command, which brings together military representatives from all SE Asia, NGOs and industry leaders. Its main goal is to improve the multi-national communications...
- Sep 7 2011
Using xmpp for mocking SMS channel in Nuntium
7 min
For those of you not familiar with it, Nuntium is an open-source tool we developed together with InSTEDD for easily building applications that rely on SMS for communication. Even though several other kinds of channels are supported, such as email or...
- Jun 15 2011
Reuse code, not user experience
4 min
Let's face it: as a developer, I'm lazy. I just want to write just enough code. What is more, I want to reuse it whenever possible. I want it to be abstract. If I'm asked to implement a view which needs a sortable grid, one of those whose rows you...
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