Erlang web framework comparison char

https://github.com/evanmiller/ChicagoBoss/wiki/Comparison-of-Erlang-Web-Frameworks

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Easing functions

http://easings.net/ru

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A substitute for 'ruby-debug' gem

Solution is here:

http://archimedesnewton.com/2012/05/30/installing-ruby-debug-ide19-on-ruby-1-9-3-p125-from-railsinstaller-2-1-0/
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8087610/ruby-debug-with-ruby-1-9-3
https://github.com/cldwalker/debugger

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RVM cheat sheets

Source: http://cheat.errtheblog.com/s/rvm/

RVM home page: https://rvm.beginrescueend.com

Install RVM
------------

See https://rvm.beginrescueend.com/rvm/install/

bash -s stable < <(curl -s \
https://raw.github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm/master/binscripts/rvm-installer)

Update RVM
----------

    rvm get stable

In case of problems try first with development version
(maybe it's already fixed):

    rvm get head

Very old installations might not support those update methods, just run the
installer and reopen your terminal.

List known rubies
-----------------

    rvm list known


Install Ruby dependencies
-------------------------

Follow instructions from:

    rvm requirements

Install Ruby
------------

    rvm install 1.9.3                # Latest known patch level
    rvm install 1.9.3 -j 3           # Parallel compile, set to # of CPU cores
    rvm install 1.9.3 --patch falcon # Use a patch (falcon for performance)
    rvm install 1.9.2-p318           # Patchlevel 318
    rvm install rbx --1.9            # Rubinius with 1.9 mode set as default

List all rubies and gemsets
---------------------------

    rvm list         # List rubies only
    rvm list gemsets # List rubies and gemsets
    rvm gemset list  # List gemsets for current ruby

Selecting Ruby for work
-----------------------

    rvm system                 # For system ruby, with fallback to default 
    rvm use jruby              # For current session only
    rvm use --default 1.9.3    # For current and new sessions
    rvm use --ruby-version rbx # For current session and this project

RVM will automatically use a ruby and gemset when you `cd` to a project
directory.

Read more on project files:

- https://rvm.beginrescueend.com/workflow/projects/#ruby-versions

Using ruby and gems
-------------------

After selecting Ruby work as usual:

    ruby -v
    gem install haml
    haml

Temporarily selecting another Ruby or gemset
--------------------------------------------

    rvm 1.8.7 do gem install rspec      # in the given ruby
    rvm 1.8.7,1.9.2 do gem install haml # in this two rubies
    rvm @global do gem install gist     # in @global gemset of current ruby

Gemsets
-------

RVM by default allows creating multiple environments for one ruby - called
*gemsets*.

Gemsets can be specified together with ruby name using gemsets separator(@):

- ruby-1.9.3-p125@my-project

During installation of Ruby, RVM creates two gemsets:

- default - automatically selected when no @gemset specified: rvm use 1.9.3
- global  - super gemset, inherited by all other gemsets for the given ruby

Working with gemsets:

    rvm use 1.8.7                   # use the ruby to manage gemsets for
    rvm gemset create project_name  # create a gemset
    rvm gemset use project_name     # use a gemset in this ruby
    rvm gemset list                 # list gemsets in this ruby
    rvm gemset delete project_name  # delete a gemset
    rvm 1.9.1@other_project_name    # use another ruby and gemset
    rvm 1.9.3@_project --create     # use and create gemset if not existing

Install RVM for all users
--------------------------

Discouraged; make sure to read http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/rvm/installation/

More help ?
-----------

A lot of resources is available:

- in your terminal: `rvm help`
- https://rvm.beginrescueend.com/
- IRC #rvm @ freenode - http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#rvm

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Installing MongoDB with Homebrew

Installation of mysql and mongodb with brew sometimes could end with an access error, for example:

Error: Permission denied - /usr/local/var/log/mongodb

Actually, there is no proper decision yet, so the short term solution might be the following:

ls -al /usr/local/bin/brew #confirm brew ownership

sudo chown root:wheel /usr/local/bin/brew
sudo brew install mongodb
sudo chown <your user>:<your group> /usr/local/bin/brew  #revert ownership

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Working with a git branches

Addition info could be found at:

http://evasive.ru/articles/git_kung-fu.html
http://git-scm.com/about
http://www.gitguys.com
http://gitref.org

First, clone a remote git repository and cd into it:

    $ git clone git://example.com/myproject
    $ cd myproject

Next, look at the local branches in your repository:

    $ git branch
    * master

But there are other branches hiding in your repository! You can see these using the `-a` flag:

    $ git branch -a
    * master
      origin/HEAD
      origin/master
      origin/v1.0-stable
      origin/experimental

If you just want to take a quick peek at an upstream branch, you can check it out directly:

    $ git checkout origin/experimental

But if you want to work on that branch, you'll need to create a local tracking branch:

    $ git checkout -b experimental origin/experimental

Now, if you look at your local branches, this is what you'll see:

    $ git branch
      master
    * experimental

You can actually track more than one remote repository using `git remote`.

    $ git remote add win32 git://example.com/users/joe/myproject-win32-port
    $ git branch -a
    * master
      origin/HEAD
      origin/master
      origin/v1.0-stable
      origin/experimental
      win32/master
      win32/new-widgets

At this point, things are getting pretty crazy, so run `gitk` to see what's going on:

    $ gitk --all &

From here: http://stackoverflow.com/a/72156/267000

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Rails Best Practices | Use memoization

Rails Best Practices | Use memoization

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Rails Best Practices | Use Observer

Rails Best Practices | Use Observer

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Getting started Spree

Full documentation can be found here:
http://railscasts.com/episodes/298-getting-started-with-spree
http://guides.spreecommerce.com/getting_started.html
https://github.com/spree/spree

This is an approximate way of spree installation.
Why 'approximate' - because docs may differ, and if installing with rails '3.2.3' causes no troubles, '3.2.6' version pulls with itself, in my case, an outdated versions of spree_core, _api and so on.

1. Create rails application

rails new app

cd app

bundle install

2. In gemfile add gem 'spree', '1.1.1'

bundle install

This will add spree to the gemfile snapshot.
In case of errors try fiddling with 
rails version   '3.2.3', '3.2.6' and 
spree versions: '1.1.1', '1.1.2' (actual for the current moment)

3. This will create spree application.

rails g spree:install

4. Run

rake db:bootstrap

5. [optional] This will setup default scheme for the application.

gem 'spree_blue_theme', :git => 'git://github.com/spree/spree_blue_theme.git'

If you want to use edge version, modify gemfile:

gem 'spree', :git => 'git://github.com/spree/spree.git'

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Nokogiri installation error in Rails

Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
ERROR:  Error installing nokogiri:
    ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

        /Users/user/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p352/bin/ruby extconf.rb
checking for libxml/parser.h... yes
checking for libxslt/xslt.h... yes
checking for libexslt/exslt.h... yes
checking for iconv_open() in iconv.h... no
checking for iconv_open() in -liconv... yes
checking for xmlParseDoc() in -lxml2... yes
checking for xsltParseStylesheetDoc() in -lxslt... yes
checking for exsltFuncRegister() in -lexslt... yes
checking for xmlHasFeature()... no-----
The function 'xmlHasFeature' is missing from your installation of libxml2.  Likely this means that your installed version of libxml2 is old enough that nokogiri will not work well.  To get around this problem, please upgrade your installation of libxml2.

This is fixed with the following:

brew install libxml2 libxslt
brew link libxml2 libxslt

gem install nokogiri

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Dispatcher and SynchronizationContext classes in WPF

1. Use the Dispatcher when your code is tightly coupled to WPF. 
2. Use the AsyncOperationManager when you need to queue something on the 'Context' thread. This works with Windows Forms, ASP .NET and WCF applications as well. 
3. Avoid using the SynchronizationContext yourself. The AsyncOperationManager uses this mechanism internally. 

Note:

SynchronizationContext.Current object is of type DispatcherSynchronizationContext which is actually just a wrapper around the Dispatcher object and the Post and Send methods just delegate to Dispatcher.BeginInvoke and Dispatcher.Invoke.

So even if you decide to use SynchronizationContext I think you end up calling dispatcher behind the scenes.
Besides, supposedly, it is a bit cumbersome to use SynchronizationContext as you have to pass a reference to the current context to all threads that need to call into your UI.

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A Tour of ParallelExtensionsExtras

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/pfxteam/archive/2010/04/04/9990342.aspx

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Using form_tag in Ruby on Rails

In controller a "new" action creates a sample object that is just a simple object, not ActiveRecord :

  def new
    @item = Item.new
  end

"Create" action is a post action

  def create
  end

And in the view the following code just displays Item object fields and posts back a hash with fields filled in on the client side:

This will create the following markup:

Relevant references:
http://guides.rubyonrails.org/form_helpers.html
http://www.tutorialspoint.com/ruby-on-rails/rails-html-forms.htm
http://www.saalonmuyo.com/2010/01/27/using-form_tag-in-ruby-on-rails

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OpenSSL Errors and Rails – Certificate Verify Failed – Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError

A comprehensive guide that encompasses some posts below and
different platforms to deal with this Ruby on Rails ssl error.

http://railsapps.github.com/openssl-certificate-verify-failed.html

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Updating OpenSSL on Mac OS 10.5.x

If you don't want to build OpenSSL from source and want an easy way of upgrading to the latest version of OpenSSL, I'd suggest taking the MacPorts route.

Download the correct .dmg file from http://www.macports.org/install.php.
Open it and run the installer.

In the terminal, type:

$ sudo port sync; sudo port selfupdate; sudo port install openssl

Older versions OpenSSL may require installing newer zlib, and zlib in it's turn may require installing XCode 3.1.4:

Here is the link to get XCode 3.1.4 somewhere at bottom of the page:
http://connect.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MemberSite.woa/wo/5.1.17.2.1.3.3.1.0.1.1.0.3.1.3.3.1
http://matthew.mceachen.us/blog/download-xcode-3-1-4-for-leopard-716.html

To build OpenSSL this link may be helpful (not tested):

http://www.ehow.com/how_6861090_update-openssl-apple.html

http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/aczeskis/openssl.html

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Ruby SSL Certificate Verify Failed

http://jimneath.org/2011/10/19/ruby-ssl-certificate-verify-failed.html
http://www.macfreek.nl/memory/Install_CA_Certificates
http://martinottenwaelter.fr/2010/12/ruby19-and-the-ssl-error
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4528101/ssl-connect-returned-1-errno-0-state-sslv3-read-server-certificate-b-certificat

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Rails ExecJS::RuntimeError

(With the help of www.railszilla.com)

If you’re riding Ruby on Rails V3.11 and get the error

get rails ExecJS::RintimeError

Then try installing the V8 Javascript interpreter into Ruby.
Just edit your Gemfile and add

gem 'therubyracer'

then execute the famous

bundle install

This has also several advantages, such like:

• Evaluate Javascript from with in Ruby
• Embed your Ruby objects into the Javascript world
• Manipulate JavaScript objects and call JavaScript functions from Ruby
• API compatible with the The Ruby Rhino

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Rails 3.1 and Ruby 1.9.3p125: ruby-debug19 crashes with “Symbol not found: _ruby_threadptr_data_type”

download linecache19 and ruby-debug-base19 from RubyForge:

% curl -OL http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/75414/linecache19-0.5.13.gem
% curl -OL http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/75415/ruby-debug-base19-0.11.26.gem

compile the two gems

% gem install linecache19-0.5.13.gem
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
Successfully installed linecache19-0.5.13
1 gem installed...
% gem install ruby-debug-base19-0.11.26.gem -- --with-ruby-include=$SANDBOX/packages/ruby-1.9.3-p0Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
Successfully installed ruby-debug-base19-0.11.26
1 gem installed...

update your Gemfile

# file: Gemfile
...
group :development do
  gem 'linecache19', '0.5.13'
  gem 'ruby-debug-base19', '0.11.26'
  gem 'ruby-debug19', :require => 'ruby-debug'
end

bundle install and test the debugger

% bundle installFetching source index for http://rubygems.org/
...
Your bundle is complete! Use `bundle show [gemname]` to see where a bundled gem is installed.
% irb
irb(main):001:0> require 'ruby-debug'
=> true
irb(main):002:0> debugger
$SANDBOX/usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/context.rb:166
@last_value = value(rdb:1) p 'hooray'
"hooray"

Ruby-debug fork:
https://github.com/cldwalker/debugger

Discussions:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9122232/how-do-i-install-ruby-debug-in-ruby-1-9-3-rails-3-2-1
http://blog.wyeworks.com/2011/11/1/ruby-1-9-3-and-ruby-debug
http://dirk.net/2010/04/17/ruby-debug-with-ruby-19x-and-rails-3-on-rvm
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7054948/ruby-debug19-on-ruby-1-9-3-preview1

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