Solution: webrat's save_and_open_page and open_error_files are not opening the browser automatically

If you are using webrat's features like save_and_open_page or config.open_error_files and is not automatically opening your browser then you might need to install launchy, It fails silently, I know, it should be more informative:

sudo gem install launchy

More info about launchy: http://rubygems.org/gems/launchy/

Passing parameters to before_filter methods in Rails

If you have methods in your controller class that requires parameters you can still user them as filters.

Example:

def require_role(role)

#do some stuff with 'role' parameter

end

We can use it like this:

before_filter do |controller_instance|

controller_instance.require_role :admin

end

In fact, you can still use :only and :except if you need it, example:

before_filter :only => :index do |controller_instance|

controller_instance.require_role :admin

end

Have a nice day.