Rails allows you to create data fixtures which can contain test data which is used during unit tests and gets loaded into a _test database.

It’s possible to load that data into your _development database so that you can use the same data while looking at your site in the browser. This can be achieved using a rake command. Read the rest of this entry »

This little bug took me some time to figure out. It’s one of those really annoying where all of a sudden you feel lost and have no idea what’s going on.

Symptoms: NoMethodError is thrown for every single method you have defined in your ApplicationHelper.

Fix: You probably deleted or renamed something recently that’s included in ApplicationHelper. Double check your includes.

This has been a known issue for over a year now. Not good. The problem is being noted in the logs however.

To me, the difference between Ruby on Rails and ASP.NET is simple. It’s not the language or tools, not OS or database, no. One is a framework and the other is a platform. Let me explain. Read the rest of this entry »