Trivial Search Suggestions

change dropdown link suggestions when user is searching

jQuery Ajax Upload

a small plugin to make it easy to do asynchronous uploads.

Rails DRY Page Links

reduce the markup for a list of links with dynamic paths.

Organizing Stylesheets For The Asset Pipeline

Using includes instead of direct requires with sprockets to use global mixins

MIPS Fibonacci Numbers

Print out the first 10 Fibonacci numbers generated recursively

Ruby Quick Benchmarking

A less verbose way to quickly compare code running times.

Image Input Preview

A middle ground between an unstyled input[type=file] and fancy jQuery plugin.

Automatically Resizing Text Area

How to manually change the textarea height to match its content with jQuery.

Rails View Helpers

all steps needed to clean up Rails erb views.

Registering Users With Email Confirmation

Email confirmation is the new standard, so this will go through the simple setup.

Class Project NaturalNumber

implementing basic arithmetic in an arbitrary base in java.

Using Postgres with Rails

How to get a database up and running for your app on your local machine.

Setting up OSX for Development

a guide to installing useful applications and software on a new mac.

Rails Facebook Auth

how to get OmniAuth, Facebook, Rails 3, Heroku and GoDaddy working together.

Sublayouts with Rails

use different sublayouts for controllers to avoid markup duplication.