Using Mocha in Development is Handy

I wanted to manually run a script, that was going to be setup as a cronjob. This script looked for order objects in the database, having a delivery_date in the next 24 hours.

I wanted to test this script, and the orders that it pulled back for processing, however, almost all of the delivery_dates we days in advance, so I just used mocha…

require 'mocha'
Time.stubs(:now).returns("11/20/2008 16:00:00".to_time)

That way I can just run the script, and mocha will make my call to Time.now thing that it is indeed November 20th 2008 at 4pm.

Morgen

I am starting to change shape

The Essence of ARBWOT

module ActiveRecord class BaseWithoutTable < Base self.abstract_class = true

  def create_or_update
    errors.empty?
  end

  class << self
    def columns()
      @columns ||= []
    end

    def column(name, sql_type = nil, default = nil, null = true)
      columns << ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Column.new(name.to_s, default, sql_type.to_s, null)
      reset_column_information
    end

    # Do not reset @columns
    def reset_column_information
      generated_methods.each { |name| undef_method(name) }
      @column_names = @columns_hash = @content_columns = @dynamic_methods_hash = @read_methods = nil
    end
  end
end

end

Create getters and setters from a ActiveRecord serialized db column

class Blog < ActiveRecord::Base serialize :metadata

  class << self
    def attr_serialized_on(column, *attributes)
      attributes.each do |a|
        class_eval do
          define_method(a) { meta(a) }
          define_method(a.to_s + "=(value)") { metadata[a] = value }
        end
      end
    end
  end

  def meta(key)
    metadata[key]
  end

  attr_serialized_on(:metadata, :title, :subtitle, :background, :foreground)

end

Fingerapp.com | Rails Rumble 08

With the help of my good friends, I’ve created http://fingerapp.com for railsrumble, it’s not perfect, needs work, but I’m proud of what we were able to build in 48 hours. Thanks Tony, Chris, and Owen.