Chain Links #015
Posted: August 6th, 2009 | Author: robincurry | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: design, jquery, mysql, rails | Comments OffWondering if my intro comments on these posts are starting to sound like garfield minus garfield.
- In-Field Labels: A Better Way + jQuery Plugin
A nice jQuery plugin for implementing in-field labels that don’t completely disappear when the field receives focus (which is, um, helpful if you need to autofocus a particular field and you still want the user to know what the field is for) - Build, Design, Launch an App in <40 Man Hours
How Less Everything launched new app Less Cabin Fever in under 40 hours. Of course they started with an existing code base (http://lovdbyless.com), but still… - wkhtmltopdf
Convert html to pdf using webkit. - The Rails State Machine
Rails edge recently added built-in state machine functionality. Here’s a few examples of how you might take advantage of this feature. - Why you don’t want to shard
More of a “don’t” than a “why”, which basically comes down to the fact that it makes both development and continuing operations very complicated, mmkay. - Observational: Better Observers for ActiveRecord
Shift the responsibility of common callback functionality (like sending a welcome email to a user) out of the model where it doesn’t make sense.
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