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What is the best rails example app? [closed]
What is the best available non-trivial example app for rails with uptodate source, test suite and adherence to best practices?
[I am looking for an example of a full fledged application - with ...
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8answers
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Directory layout for pure Ruby project
I'm starting to learn ruby. I'm also a day-to-day C++ dev.
For C++ projects I usually go with following dir structure
/
-/bin <- built binaries
-/build <- build time temporary object (eg. ...
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3answers
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Writing a code beautifier
I'd like to write a code beautifier and i thought of using Ruby to do it. Could someone show me a place to get started? I've seen a lot of code beautifiers online but I've never come across any ...
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1answer
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Ruby, Source Code of Splat?
Someone asked about the splat operator yesterday, and I wanted to see the source code... would that be written in C or in Ruby? Where would it be found?
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2answers
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Source code syntax highlighting like Github
Does anybody know how the github syntax highlighting for source code views is made?
To clearify: I don't mean the common highlighting of code blocks in readme files.
Github seems to use a modified ...
3
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2answers
305 views
Protecting Ruby Code
I'm developing a commercial project on an ARM based embedded board with a custom Linux kernel on it, using Ruby. Target workspace of the project and the device is a closed-environment, no ethernet, ...
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2answers
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How many characters/columns per line of Ruby source code?
I've been using 80 column terminals as well as setting the text width/wrapping in vim to 80 for years. Is this this still a good default or should I bump it up when writing new Ruby code?
Ruby ...
3
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1answer
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Ruby source cross-reference tool?
I am attempting to implement a feature in Redmine to enable it to use Bazaar in a more friendly manner, but I am having a decent amount of difficulty for a few reasons:
I don't know Ruby at all. I ...
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1answer
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Encryption Algorithm from PHP to Ruby (Vignere variant)
I am a bit stuck with this. I have to interface with an api that uses a version of an encryption algorithm that they seem to have ripped from Typo3 written by Ari Kuorikoski.
I need to create a ruby ...
2
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1answer
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organizing source code in filesystem on mac osx
Any recommendations on a good way to organize source code on mac osx? I'm usually doing ruby or ruby on rails development and I have a lot of past projects in classic asp and asp.net MVC C#. I also ...
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6answers
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Ruby on Rails source code security / obfuscation
I'm just getting started with Ruby on Rails development and I have a question concerning source code "privacy".
From what I know so far (i have not done a deployment yet, only used RoR in a local ...
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3answers
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What does “<<” in “1000 << 16” means in ruby?
I know that for strings << can be used for concatenation, but I don't understand what it does for ints. Could someone please explain?
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5answers
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How many actually look at the source code for a library?
I guess as a developer you are using a lot of open source libraries.
I am curious to know how many actually look at the source code for a library when you have questions about a functionality or find ...
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4answers
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How do you examine the source code?
How do you examine the source code for a library you are using and want to modify.
Eg. when you have downloaded a gem, I guess that you are forking the repo from GitHub and then cloning your forked ...
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6answers
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In Ruby, what's the equivalent of Java's technique of limiting access to source in a cowork situation?
In Java when you compile a .java file which defines a class, it creates a .class file. If you provide these class files to your coworkers then they cannot modify your source. You can also bundle all ...
