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5 useful Firefox addons for web developers

1. firebug
firebug is simply a necessity for serious web designers and developers. it features DOM traversing, network benchmarking, live manipulation of HTML/DOM, a JS console and much much more. Get it today!
2. web developer
web developer is an extension that allows for real-time debugging and manipulation of HTML, DOM, JS etc. and is a must-have. it [...]

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Posted on 2nd November 2009No Comments
Rails: Integrate FCKEditor with ActiveScaffold

When trying to use tiny_mce with ActiveScaffold I noticed that it is simply impossible due to some JS issues. So I decided to revert back to FCKEditor and came across gramos’ easy fckeditor plugin for rails and AS (get it here).
Good news is, you just need to install it, call rake fckeditor:install and do some [...]

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Posted on 30th October 2009No Comments
Creating nice diagrams of your Rails apps

Using the plugin railroad, you can create dot diagrams (look it up here) for your applications. I do this quite often to get the whole model or controller scheme more transparent and show off the complexity of the app to the customer (yes yes, it’s so damn impressive ^^).
How to get it:
sudo gem install railroad [...]

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Posted on 30th October 2009No Comments
Must-have plugins for Rails

When creating applications with Ruby on Rails, I come across the same plugins I need all the time: rich text editor, file uploads, stuff like that.
Here is a quick mashup of useful plugins you might want to check out for your Rails development:
Paperclip:A very streamlined and easy to use file upload – there is also [...]

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Posted on 30th October 2009No Comments