Archive for July, 2007
Ariejan.net - What’s next?
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After a few days (or were it weeks?) of silence, an update on Ariejan.net. What’s been happening?
First of all, I recently graduated and am now officially a Bachelor of ICT. Since my current employer didn’t have the same views regarding my future as I did, I decided [...]
Clear DNS Cache on your router
I currently have a Linksys router at home that has the DD-WRT Firmware on it. I’ve been using it for quite some time now, and I’m very happy with it.
In my previous post I mentioned there was some trouble with DNS for Ariejan.net. I’ve changed nameservers and there’s always something that goes wrong.
Anyway, my router [...]
Some DNS problems with Ariejan.net
This is just a quick note to let you know there are currently some issues with DNS for Ariejan.net. This basically means that Trac and SVN are currently not available. I’ve made the appropriate changes and things should be working again in a few hours.
I’m very sorry for the inconvenience.
Update: It appears that things are [...]
How to write a Rails Plugin (for controllers)
A few days back I posted my very first Rails plugin, Acts As Exportable. Although writing a plugin is rather easy, you must know a few tricks on how to get things going.
This article will show you how to develop a plugin that adds functionality to a controller (other plugins, e.g. for models) will follow [...]
How to resolve Subversion Conflicts
If there’s more than one person working on a project, changes are (although slim) that at some point two developers work on the same piece of code and check it in. To clarify, let me give you an example.
The repository is currently at revision 5 and contains a file named ‘README’. Revision 5 of that [...]
How to create and apply a patch with Subversion
It’s been a while since I posted something new on the use of Subversion. I’ve been working with the tool a lot, and I’ve found that patches are a great way to communicate code changes.
For those of you who are still learning, let me first explain what a patch is. A patch is a text [...]
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How to force data to be downloaded as a file from your Rails app
In the essence of every application is data. One way or another your application manages data and at some point, you need to get that data out. Either you want to synchronize the data with another application or device. Or you want to move your data to another system all together. Either way, you’ll need [...]
ActiveScaffold + acts_as_taggable + Auto Complete
I’ve talked before on how to use ActiveScaffold with acts_as_taggable_on_steroids.
The problem with that solution was that, although the checkboxes for every tag are very nice, you couldn’t easily add new tags. For some people, this may be fine, for others, it is not.
Together with a colleague (who wishes not to be named), I found a [...]
