RPMs for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS 6
So, I figured that since the most popular (in fact, the only ones people actually read) posts on this site are the ones about setting up a web server on Red Hat and CentOS, I’d simplify the process even more. If you use nginx, PHP-FPM or any of that jazz, this post will probably be of interest. Read more
Rails 3 and NetBeans
I’m sure everyone reading this is aware of the Oracle and Ruby on Rails saga. Whilst Oracle no longer officially provides support for Ruby and Rails in NetBeans, the task has been picked up by the JRuby community and Rails support does still exist. Rails 3, now in its second major release (3.0, 3.1) still isn’t well supported, however. This post has some workarounds I’ve pieced together. Read more
Rails country select plugin
This is just another post about a a component I found myself needing for GameGrid. I needed an easy way of enabling users to specify their countries, but whilst Rails provides helpers for just about every other form element, it failed me here. The source is on GitHub, if you’re interested. The data is sourced from ISO-3166, just that it all comes from Wikipedia since the standards body are a bit…difficult. Read more