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user has_role? please help me to review my code [closed]

this is the user model code: class User < ActiveRecord::Base # Include default devise modules. Others available are: # :token_authenticatable, :confirmable, # :lockable, :timeoutable and ...
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Math Calculus in ruby

I have several calculus to do in my ruby app. My code is currently working but I find it very ugly. @guestreviews = GuestReview.where(:reviewed_id => @user.id) @hostreviews = ...
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Rails: Setting a transient attribute on a set of objects from one model based on information from a junction model

I have a user model, a task model, and a junction model user_task that saves the data joining the two: class Task < ActiveRecord::Base attr_accessor :completed_on has_many :user_tasks class ...
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Nasty Age Printing Method

I have this ugly age printing method. Can you do better? def age(birth_date) today = Date.today years = today.year - birth_date.year months = today.month - birth_date.month (months -1) if ...
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can this rails code be simplified and be more efficient? nested if else statements

Here's a part of my controller and it's getting quite lengthy (the code works). Would this code slow down the performance of my website? Can it be cleaned up and be written more efficiently? def ...
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Converting data in a Rails Migration using the model

Lets imagine we have an Article entity, with data imported from a legacy database. It contains an appendix column with type integer. This column is always filled with values 0, 1 or nil, so we decide ...
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Refactor Rails middleware initialization block

I'm working on a simple superfeedr powered rails app here. Based on the superfeedr-rack gem documentation, I'm doing this to initialize the middleware (snippet from application.rb config block): ...
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Rails 3: Create method with association?

In Rails 3, I have two models, Nutrient and Recommendation. Nutrient has_many Recommendation, Recommendation belongs_to Nutrient. I am trying to implement the create method of the recommendation in ...
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I need help refactoring some Rails code that looks clunky.

I would like to refactor this block, it looks clunky: # refactor me receive_payment_on = false config[:sections].each do |section| if section[:applicants] section[:applicants][:sections].each ...
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two or more render/redirect in the same method

I often have method like this one with two or more render to do due to catching the error for example. I currently do something like this: def update @user = current_user if ...
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Ruby on Rails Single Table Inheritance [closed]

I'm trying to set up single table inheritance in Rails. I have single table called Finances, with a type set to Income or Expense. My code is here: https://gist.github.com/caser85/5096447 Ok, I got ...
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How would one more elegantly parse data from XML using Ruby and Nokogiri?

I have a method that parses XML into an array of hashes. Here is the original XML: <rowset name="skillqueue" key="queuePosition" ...
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Underscore-case version of ActiveRecord model's name

Is there a better way to get the underscore-case version of an ActiveRecord model's name? So far this works, but it's far from ideal: my_active_record_instance.class.name.underscore
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Rails helper method refactor

I have this messy helper method: def gesture(klass, item, text, desc) element_class = klass.to_s + " gesture" content_tag :li do if klass == :sell link_to new_reply_path(item_id: ...
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Calculate sum of price on distant relation

If i have a booking, with a method total, which calculates the total price of the booking from the sum of all the prices of activities that belong to appointments, where a booking hasmany appointments ...
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What is the best way to format a large has_many through line?

This question is about code style. I have this line in one of my models: has_many :owning_artists, :through => :artist_tracks, :source => :artist, :conditions => { :artist_tracks => { ...
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Refactor Ruby ActiveRecord importing library

In my Rails app I need to import some files from CSV and Excel files. I needed it in 2 models so I have written lib/importable.rb: module Importable def self.included(base) base.send :extend, ...
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How can I make this code DRY and KISS in my model?

class Rating < ActiveRecord::Base attr_accessible :item_type, :item_id, :rating, :voters_up, :voters_down serialize :voters_up, Hash serialize :voters_down, Hash belongs_to :ranks, ...
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How can I make this code DRY in my controller?

What is the best way to DRY this code up? class NotificationsController < ApplicationController before_filter :load_user def unsubscribe if @facebook_admin && ...
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Why did I fail this Ruby developer test? [closed]

I took this developer test for a potential employer, and they said I failed because of my response to the first question. But Rails for Zombies seemed to imply that that's how you assign data to ...
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An abundance of ternary operators

I'd like to find a way to do what this method does in a cleaner, less hacky looking way def self.create_from_person!(person) spi = new(:person => person, :provider => person.provider) ...
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How to refactor that content_tag adding method?

How to get rid of that duplicaiton in if conditional? def set_caption(result) if result.respond_to?(:app_name) content_tag(:div, result.type_name, class: 'type-name') + content_tag(:div, ...
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Updating / validating mass update rails association

My recipes model is as follows has_many :quantities has_many :ingredients, :through => :quantities, :uniq => true has_many :sizes, :through => :quantities, :uniq => true And the ...
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Best way to include image_tag inside link_to

What is the most elegant and readable way to in include (potentially long) image_tag calls inside of link_to? Example <%= link_to image_tag('buckminsterfullerene.png', width: '210', height: '60', ...
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Can I improve the way this model RSpec is written?

I'm new to RSpec and testing in general. I've come up with a spec for testing my Content model and I need some feedback 'cause I think there are many improvements that can be done. I don't know if the ...
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Carousel code review

Is there a better way to implement my carousel in less lines? Currently my solution is: <div id="myCarousel" class="carousel slide"> <div class="carousel-inner"> <% ...
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Rails: Retrieve all parents, all possible children, sorted and with their “depth”

I have a model section with a column parent_id - the only thing identifying a parent/child relationship. I wrote a helper method to output all sections, all their possible subsections and include ...
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Placement of success code in a conditional

I'm not sure if there's a standard view where the placement of a success result should be in a conditional that can return multiple statuses. The success condition of this function is in the middle of ...
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How to create 3 objects using one form only if each one is valid? [closed]

I want to create Job, Employer and Company using one form. Model class Job < ActiveRecord::Base accepts_nested_attributes_for :company, :employer belongs_to :company belongs_to :employer ...
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Refactor ruby each-code

def users_list html = '' self.users.each do |user| html << user.link_avatar_tag end html.html_safe end I feel that it is possible to write shorter. Is it possible ...

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