Trey Connell

I've been using Textmate for a long time and am a huge fan. A friend recommended I try Sublime Text 2. Holy crap it is awesome, and I may not be going back to Textmate. Here are some great tips to get you...

Nick Brewer, Luke Irvin and I headed up to Barcamp Jonesboro a couple of weeks ago. I really didn't know what to expect. It's been so long since I've been to any kind of conference or seminar regarding technology, and I don't exactly get out and...

SproutCore is a javascript framework for building applications online. I haven't used it, but it looks really...

Here's a helper method I wrote in order to resize an image for display. And yes, you should always try to physically resize an image and not just change the height and width in the image tag so that you save space and bandwidth and load time. However, I...

I typically have the following code in my application_controller.rb file in Rails apps: # any time we get a RecordNotFound Exception we're going to rescue from it and throw a 404 rescue_from ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound, :with => :throw_404 #...

I had to modify an application to ensure the https protocol was used on some important pages such as new user registration, login, shopping cart checkout, etc.  Here's a really easy method you can place into your application_controller.rb and call as a...

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I started working today on integrating Tracks and Basecamp for the heck of it. So far it's coming together pretty well. You can check out the latest where I forked Tracks on github.com. The project integration is done, and to-do lists are up next....

Mislav posted some really good tips for using Git. http://mislav.uniqpath.com/2010/07/git-tips/

I long ago decided to use JQuery over other javascript frameworks like Prototype. JQuery just seems to fit with the way I think about solutions and how to attack challenges. I also think the community is amazing, with many new tools and tutorials and...

I wanted to implement a simple captcha for for article comments on a site. And by simple, I mean both in aesthetics and in functionality. After looking around, I found this post that described how you could implement a plugin called Simple Captcha in 10...

I purchased the annual subscription to peepcode.com which gives me access to all screencasts and PDF eBooks they offer for one year. If they add new material after I purchased, I still get access to it - as long as my 1-year subscription hasn't expired....