Category Archives: open source

Yet another good reason to keep a gemset per project

By etagwerker | Published: December 5, 2011

So, if you still keep all your gems in ‘system’, you should seriously consider switching to rvm gemsets per project.

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Having a scope called `parents` breaks acts_as_nested_set

By etagwerker | Published: November 25, 2011

I started to get this weird error with my categories today. It was sort of ridiculous because I had only changed my scope name from ‘parent’ to ‘parents’! That was the problem. acts_as_nested_set, v1.4.4, breaks if you name a scope ‘parents.’ You will get an error like this: undefined method `const_defined?’ for #<Category:0x112ccfdb8>

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Censo 2010 API: Qué métodos ofrecer

By etagwerker | Published: November 1, 2011

Quizás lo más difícil de construir una API es definir qué métodos proveer. Estos dependen de los datos que tenemos.

Para el caso de Censo 2010, la información scrapeada del INDEC solo contiene datos de población en el país. (Por lo menos por ahora)

Elegí proveer métodos básicos para consultas sobre población por departamento o provincia.

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