openredis and resque on heroku

if Rails.env.development?

# local development I use a homebrew installed redis installation

$redis = Redis.new(:host => ‘localhost’, :port => 6379)

else

# on Heroku, use the url that is preset

$redis = Redis.connect :url => ENV[“OPENREDIS_URL”]

# you must set the Resque.redis to point to this redis explicitly for some reason

Resque.redis = $redis

end