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Rails 3 Generators: The Unusuals (part 2)

~2 years ago by Ben Scofield, Technology Director on Viget Extend : The Development Lab.
After the first two installments of the Rails 3 generator tour, you may be asking yourself, “Hey, what about session_migration? Or performance_test? I...

Google Analytics API with Ruby and Garb: Making it Even Easier

~2 years ago by Tony Pitale, Web Developer on Viget Extend : The Development Lab.
Garb is now at 0.7.0! We’ve added many new features to make accessing Google Analytics even easier. Recently added features include: OAuth support, multiple...

Rails 3 Generators: The Unusuals (part 1)

~2 years ago by Ben Scofield, Technology Director on Viget Extend : The Development Lab.
OK, we’ve seen how the most common generators have changed (some more than others) in Rails 3. Let’s look at a few more that’ve been around for a...

Rails 3 Generators: The Old Faithful

over 2 years ago by Ben Scofield, Technology Director on Viget Extend : The Development Lab.
I figured it would be best to start the tour of Rails 3 generators with those that are most commonly used. Assuming I'm representative of most Rails developers...

Only You Can Prevent git Merge Commits

over 2 years ago by Clinton R. Nixon, Development Director on Viget Extend : The Development Lab.
I love using Git, but when my repositories turn into a tangle of merge commits, I start to get a little frustrated. Here’s my solution. Go into your...

Rails 3 Generators: An Introduction

over 2 years ago by Ben Scofield, Technology Director on Viget Extend : The Development Lab.
Like a lot of people, I've been watching the Rails 3 development process, but I hadn't turned any focused attention on it until the beta release last week...

Simple named_scope Searching

over 2 years ago by Matt Swasey, Web Developer on Viget Extend : The Development Lab.
One of the coolest aspects of named_scopes in ActiveRecord is their ability to chain together. One can chain a number of named_scopes onto each other,...

Developer Resolutions for 2010

over 2 years ago by Ben Scofield, Technology Director on Viget Extend : The Development Lab.
I am, to put it mildly, not a fan of the typical New Year’s resolution. Generally, it’s much too vague, it runs over much too long a time scale, and...

User Goal Tracking in Rails with Vanity and Google Analytics

over 2 years ago by Tony Pitale, Web Developer on Viget Extend : The Development Lab.
With the release of Vanity and the availability of the Google Analytics Data Export API, we now have two additional tools to further understand how users...

Hackday: Intro to Ruby Meta-Programming

over 2 years ago by Justin Marney, Web Developer on Viget Extend : The Development Lab.
This past Saturday we hosted the third Hackday at Viget Labs (photos). For this round we decided to tackle meta-programming, one of the more mystical features...