Comments for me, Patterson http://blog.digimonkey.com writing, coding, babbling Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:11:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Starting a new Rails app? Here’s my skeleton… by Rick DeNatale http://blog.digimonkey.com/2010/02/starting-a-new-rails-app-heres-my-skeleton/#comment-213 Rick DeNatale Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:11:45 +0000 http://blog.digimonkey.com/?p=81#comment-213 I can't live without rspec and cucumber. I can’t live without rspec and cucumber.

]]> Comment on Starting a new Rails app? Here’s my skeleton… by Scott Sims http://blog.digimonkey.com/2010/02/starting-a-new-rails-app-heres-my-skeleton/#comment-210 Scott Sims Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:02:13 +0000 http://blog.digimonkey.com/?p=81#comment-210 Thanks for publishing this! I am looking forward to setting up a project using this skeleton. I will post back my experience. Thanks for publishing this! I am looking forward to setting up a project using this skeleton. I will post back my experience.

]]> Comment on Mongosphinx with MongoDB and MongoMapper by Matt Beedle http://blog.digimonkey.com/2010/01/mongosphinx-with-mongodb-and-mongomapper/#comment-204 Matt Beedle Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:19:45 +0000 http://blog.digimonkey.com/?p=43#comment-204 I solved this issue in case anyone else has the same problem, although I'm still not entirely sure of the cause. I changed my genxml task to actually write an tmp/accounts.xml libxml2 file, and then in my sphinx config I changed my xmlpipe_command to = cat /tmp/accounts.xml. So the problem appears to have been to do with extra characters someone getting added to the puts output from xml_for_sphinx_pipe. I also had a separate problem starting sphinx. It kept telling me that port 9132 was in use, which it wasn't. I removed port 9132 from the sphinx.conf file, and now it starts fine, but still on port 9132. I solved this issue in case anyone else has the same problem, although I’m still not entirely sure of the cause. I changed my genxml task to actually write an tmp/accounts.xml libxml2 file, and then in my sphinx config I changed my xmlpipe_command to = cat /tmp/accounts.xml. So the problem appears to have been to do with extra characters someone getting added to the puts output from xml_for_sphinx_pipe.

I also had a separate problem starting sphinx. It kept telling me that port 9132 was in use, which it wasn’t. I removed port 9132 from the sphinx.conf file, and now it starts fine, but still on port 9132.

]]> Comment on Mongosphinx with MongoDB and MongoMapper by Matt Beedle http://blog.digimonkey.com/2010/01/mongosphinx-with-mongodb-and-mongomapper/#comment-201 Matt Beedle Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:53:58 +0000 http://blog.digimonkey.com/?p=43#comment-201 Did you have any trouble getting sphinx to parse the xml? Mine keeps blowing up with "XML parse error: junk after document element". I created a thread on the sphinx forum too, but no reply ;( http://www.sphinxsearch.com/forum/view.html?id=5209 Did you have any trouble getting sphinx to parse the xml? Mine keeps blowing up with “XML parse error: junk after document element”. I created a thread on the sphinx forum too, but no reply ;( http://www.sphinxsearch.com/forum/view.html?id=5209

]]> Comment on Mongosphinx with MongoDB and MongoMapper by M. E. Patterson http://blog.digimonkey.com/2010/01/mongosphinx-with-mongodb-and-mongomapper/#comment-197 M. E. Patterson Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:58:10 +0000 http://blog.digimonkey.com/?p=43#comment-197 Hehe. Yeah. Was before I turned on akismet. I kinda liked it so let it stay. Hehe. Yeah. Was before I turned on akismet. I kinda liked it so let it stay.

]]> Comment on Mongosphinx with MongoDB and MongoMapper by Jarin Udom http://blog.digimonkey.com/2010/01/mongosphinx-with-mongodb-and-mongomapper/#comment-196 Jarin Udom Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:40:15 +0000 http://blog.digimonkey.com/?p=43#comment-196 ^^^^ Haha that is a great spam post, it looks relevant but it could be used on any technology-related blog. Great article by the way :) ^^^^ Haha that is a great spam post, it looks relevant but it could be used on any technology-related blog.

Great article by the way :)

]]> Comment on Nested forms, hashes, checkboxes and MongoMapper by M. E. Patterson http://blog.digimonkey.com/2010/02/nested-forms-hashes-checkboxes-and-mongomapper/#comment-174 M. E. Patterson Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:06:23 +0000 http://blog.digimonkey.com/?p=92#comment-174 Yeah, that's true. Good point. Frankly, I usually <em>want</em> that functionality, because in most cases it's important for working with a relational database to map 1-to-1 even with the 'not checked' boxes. In the case of jamming a Hash directly into Mongo, however, my usage just wants a hash with only the things that were checked, since I'm just going to check the whole hash right into the database as-is. It's an interesting difference, since Rails (and its helpers) were clearly geared towards relational databases. One of those odd things about going the NoSQL route, eh? Yeah, that’s true. Good point. Frankly, I usually want that functionality, because in most cases it’s important for working with a relational database to map 1-to-1 even with the ‘not checked’ boxes. In the case of jamming a Hash directly into Mongo, however, my usage just wants a hash with only the things that were checked, since I’m just going to check the whole hash right into the database as-is. It’s an interesting difference, since Rails (and its helpers) were clearly geared towards relational databases. One of those odd things about going the NoSQL route, eh?

]]> Comment on Nested forms, hashes, checkboxes and MongoMapper by Justin French http://blog.digimonkey.com/2010/02/nested-forms-hashes-checkboxes-and-mongomapper/#comment-173 Justin French Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:38:46 +0000 http://blog.digimonkey.com/?p=92#comment-173 Hi, for what it's worth, Formtastic does the same as the basic Rails helpers when it comes to unchecked checkboxes. Hi, for what it’s worth, Formtastic does the same as the basic Rails helpers when it comes to unchecked checkboxes.

]]> Comment on Why use HAML (and SASS)? I already know HTML. by Starting a new Rails app? Here’s my skeleton… « me, Patterson http://blog.digimonkey.com/2010/02/why-use-haml-and-sass-i-already-know-html/#comment-150 Starting a new Rails app? Here’s my skeleton… « me, Patterson Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:02:24 +0000 http://blog.digimonkey.com/?p=68#comment-150 [...] Why use HAML (and SASS)? I already know HTML. [...] [...] Why use HAML (and SASS)? I already know HTML. [...]

]]> Comment on Why use HAML (and SASS)? I already know HTML. by Thibaut Barrère http://blog.digimonkey.com/2010/02/why-use-haml-and-sass-i-already-know-html/#comment-60 Thibaut Barrère Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:43:00 +0000 http://blog.digimonkey.com/?p=68#comment-60 > Everytime I get the argument that HAML is uglier and less readable than HTML, then I can’t really respect that inside me. I do respect people that find HAML uglier than HTML, because I know amazingly talended developers that just can't read Ruby (for instance) at all, despite being extremely skilled and open-minded. The same applies to HAML, or Ruby vs Python, etc... In the end it's matter of taste and freedom to choose. > Everytime I get the argument that HAML is uglier and less readable than HTML, then I can’t really respect that inside me.

I do respect people that find HAML uglier than HTML, because I know amazingly talended developers that just can’t read Ruby (for instance) at all, despite being extremely skilled and open-minded.

The same applies to HAML, or Ruby vs Python, etc…

In the end it’s matter of taste and freedom to choose.

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