Monthly Archives: May 2009

avoiding SVN conflicts using svn:ignore

By etagwerker | Published: May 28, 2009
I ran into this issue today: Dealing with conflictive files/directories in projects using Subversion. For example: Log directories and configuration files. But I’ve seen this problem before in my projects. I really like working in teams. But I also like having my own work environment. I don’t really like sharing the database I use for development [...]
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attachment_fu + ActiveScaffold 1.1.1: 'content_type' problem and solution

By etagwerker | Published: May 16, 2009
I ran into this weird issue with attachment_fu and had no idea what was wrong with my code. I’m using ActiveScaffold and attachment_fu to manage my entities and images. The exception was not that useful and I only found the solution thanks to Diego, our Rails guru @ Aycron. Here is the exception:NoMethodError (undefined method `content_type’ [...]
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web applications stress testing with JMeter (part 2)

By etagwerker | Published: May 13, 2009
Here are a few notes about executing the stress test: If you are using only one computer, remember that you are using only one CPU, one memory, one internet connection and one operating system. So I would advise not to do many things at once in your computer while you test (for example, don’t download that [...]
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