Disabling hashListening in jQuery Mobile 1.2

Just a quick note. Spending a little time today integrating Backbone.js with jQuery Mobile. Both frameworks have routing solutions which do not work together. However, there is some simple configuration that you can use to turn off the jQuery Mobile routing in favor of Backbone.js routing:

$(document).bind("mobileinit", function () {
    $.mobile.ajaxEnabled = false;
    $.mobile.linkBindingEnabled = false;
    $.mobile.hashListeningEnabled = false;
    $.mobile.pushStateEnabled = false;
});

The trick to getting this to work is loading this bit of code before you load jQuery Mobile. More information at http://jquerymobile.com/demos/1.2.0/docs/api/globalconfig.html.

Disappearing USB ports on Mac Pro (Early 2009)

Just a quick note before bed. Recently I've been having issues with my Mac Pro not recognizing my HiFiMan headphone amp through a USB connection. I thought it might be the amp, but I tried it on my MacBook Pro and it recognized it immediately. Tonight, I noticed that my iPod would not connect iTunes on my Mac Pro. Searching around, I found an easy solution:

1. Shut down your computer.
2. Unplug the computer from power and wait about 15 seconds or so.
3. Plug the computer power cord back into a power outlet.
4. Restart your computer.

Voila! I have my USB ports back and my system is recognizing both the HiFiMan amp and my iPod.

Effective use of the Rails has_and_belongs_to_many association

Just a note to myself and others using the Rails has_and_belongs_to_many association:

• The naming of the association table is by alphabetical convention. For example, a many-to-many relationship between Assemblies and Parts models would result in an association table named assemblies_parts. The migration will look like:

  class CreateAssembliesPartsAssociationTable < ActiveRecord::Migration
  
      def self.up
          create_table :assemblies_parts, :id => false do |t|
              t.integer :assembly_id, :null => false
              t.integer :part_id, :null => false
          end
  
          add_foreign_key(:assemblies_parts, :assemblies)
          add_foreign_key(:assemblies_parts, :parts)
      end
  
      def self.down
          drop_table :assemblies_parts
      end
  
  end
  		

  Note that I am using the foreigner gem to implement foreign keys in my migrations.
• Use this association type when you want a direct many-to-many mapping of models without any intervening association model.
• The model mapping looks like the following:

  class Assembly < ActiveRecord::Base
  
      has_and_belongs_to_many :parts
  end
  

  and

  class Part < ActiveRecord::Base
  
      has_and_belongs_to_many :assemblies
  end
  

I just got caught by the alphabetically ordering of the association table name. Thought I would write something up about it.