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Connecting Rails to Microsoft Exchange / SMTP Email Server

Posted on April 17, 2013 by jess

When a client first asked me to switch from Sendgrid to use their smtp exchange server, I figured it’d be really simple…like connecting to a gmail account. However, I ran into a few issues. Like a lot in programming, it … Continue reading →

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Setting up a Godaddy domain for heroku

Posted on January 3, 2013 by jess

If you have a client using Godaddy, here’s a quick tip for setting up a Godaddy domain for heroku. heroku domains:add www.example.com That’s easy enough to go into Godaddy’s DNS manager and add a cname for www and link it … Continue reading →

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Setting Up SSL on Heroku

Posted on January 2, 2013 by jess

I really love Heroku. The simplicity and beauty of how it all works just makes me happy. However, unlike most of their instructions/documentation, I recently ran into a bit of trouble when setting up a custom domain ssl. Looking back … Continue reading →

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Using the sanitize gem – Clean HTML

Posted on December 27, 2012 by jess

I recently had a need to sanatize html entered by users in an app. The app (www.csepub.com) allowed professors to enter homework assignments for their ebooks. One type of homework assignment is a written assignment. The app needed to allow … Continue reading →

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Ruby on Rails – Increment and decrement

Posted on December 20, 2012 by jess

If you’re using rails and have an integer column in database that you want to increment or decrement, rails provides a nice abstraction for you to use. Normally you’d have do something like this: def increase_credits update_attributes(:credits => credits + … Continue reading →

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Rails uniq_by – Unique Results From ActiveRecord Relations

Posted on December 6, 2012 by jess

I just discovered a neat method in rails called uniq_by. http://apidock.com/rails/Array/uniq_by It allows you to get a unique set of results from an active record relation. Ruby provides a way to get unique results from an array like so: a … Continue reading →

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Debugging Magento Duplicate Entry Database Error

Posted on December 7, 2011 by jess

I recently got a call from a client that has a Magento cart. He was getting an error when saving a product:

#1062 - Duplicate entry '59-0-1-229' for key 1

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Read The Code

Posted on September 6, 2011 by jess

Several monts ago, John Nunemaker bloged “Stop Googling“.  It was about reading the code in an open source project oppsed to Googling it.  He was a bit funstrated at someone who Googled, polled friends, and basically searched everywhere besides the source … Continue reading →

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Ditch FTP For GIT

Posted on August 4, 2011 by jess

Ever since I started learning Ruby On Rails several years ago, I’ve been using git. Git is a cool tool you can use for version control, or in some cases, simple incremental backups. It basically keeps track of your code … Continue reading →

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Highlights From LessMoney

Posted on June 20, 2011 by jess

The past weekend I attended a conference for web development/creative agencies.  The topic was how to make your business better and was taught by some of the best in the industry:  LessEverything. I’m sure everyone got a little something different … Continue reading →

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