There's a number of postings that explain how to use alias_method_chain, but it wasn't clear how to use it in a module.

This is the Rails way...

Unfortunately better_nested_set (and acts_as_nested_set) lacks the list methods provided by acts_as_list. Here's a module that provides them.

Here's a variant of Rails' options_for_select helper which lets you add styles to the options, such as for adding icons the the dropdown select.

A simple helper variant of link_to_unless_current which tags the current item.

Here's a patch to the in_place_editor to work smoother with RESTful resources.

I want users to be able to design their own forms, and collect data submitted on those forms. An important decision is the design of how these custom dynamic records are stored and accessed.

Here's a short how-to, cobbled together from various other articles, emails, and generous help on #rspec. Consider this a stop-gap until documentation is up on the Rspec site.

I'd read that I could expect significant speed improvements using Sqlite in-memory database during testing. But that's not what I found.

You can override the url_for options to set subdomains in named routes.