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My first ruby scripts - what are yours?
I posted the first ruby scripts I ever wrote, look at them and the motivation to do so. Want to share your first ruby scripts? Tweet them out with #myfirstrubyscript
How to Keep Bad Abstractions From Handcuffing Your Code
What happens when you have a bad abstraction? You have to dig out the API reference every time to understand what that method that clearly should have been named leaderboard is actually called. And whenever you touch the code, something breaks, and you blow the rest of your day trying to debug it (because you tweaked position, but didn’t update score at the same time). So how do you build good abstractions, while staying far away from the bad?
How I went from PHP to Rails
I’d like to share with you “the switch” I made from PHP to Rails, summarized in 5 points.
How to write pretty code using routes constraints
I just wrote a simple example of using routes constraints link. It’s really helpful when we can update one object in many places.
Managing change using a common interface
Continuing my articles about forwarding and object responsibilities, I just released a new post about the benefits of managing change using a common interface.
The Vibe: “RubyConf Edition”
I wasn’t at Ruby Conf, but I followed it vicariously via various social media channels. There is a huge amount of action in Ruby at the moment, including a ton of focus on performance. Continue reading The Vibe.
Using FactoryGirl to easily create complex data sets in Rails
A new post up at the blog about data sets with FactoryGirl.
Gemnasium Auto-Update: Lessons learned
After several months in production, Gemnasium is getting back to the auto-update feature, and explains why it is way more difficult than expected. Read the article here.
Introducing mina_maintenance
mina_maintenance is a maintenance mode for mina deploy. Heavily inspired by Capistrano::Maintenance. Feel free to try it and share your thoughts!
Introducing Traveling Ruby
Traveling Ruby lets you easily ship Ruby apps to end users. Use Traveling Ruby to create self-contained Ruby app packages for Linux and OS X. Completely open source, MIT licensed.
Necromancer v0.2.0 released
I’ve released necromancer for the purpose of ruby core types conversion. Hopefully API will convince you of it’s ease of use, flexibility and composability(you can build custom conversions out of simpler ones). Please give it a try and let me know your thoughts.
beerdb RubyGem Update Incl. Quick Starter Datafiles; Zip Downloads n More
I’ve uploaded a new beerdb gem update. What’s news? The beerdb gem that lets you load datasets (e.g. beers, brewpubs, breweries, etc.) in plain text into your SQL database of choice now includes a new build system. Use the new Datafile - a mini language a.k.a. domain-specific language (DSL) that lets you setup your database in minutes. For example, to setup a beer.db for all Austrian beers n breweries use the at.rb quick starter template. Type $ beerdb new at to download the datasets (as zip archives), setup all tables, indexes, etc. and read in all fixtures. Cheers. Prost.
Ruby Object Mapper 0.4.0
Yesterday ROM 0.4.0 was released along with updated rom-sql, rom-mongo and rom-rails.
Debugging I18n lookup in Rails
Here’s a way to output the I18n lookup chain to debug translation strings on your Ruby on Rails app .
Caching Your Rails App's Dynamic Content With Fastly
This post explains how Fastly works and how to set up Fastly in a Rails application to cache dynamic content (not only assets).
Meet the x-ray-amchine
Hey pips, i just launched the x-ray-machine which is a zero configuration logging/profiling tool for rails. [more inside]
Command Line Flags for Minitest in the Raw
You can run Minitest directly from the Ruby interpreter to target single test cases or specific tests. This post calls attention to a few of the framework’s own command line options that aren’t well publicized but which can be useful for these scenarios.
‘Learn Ruby on Rails’ on Amazon for 99 cents
I’ve just released my book Learn Ruby on Rails on Amazon (it was only available with a RailsApps subscription before today). Even if you already know Rails, you might want this book. You can get Learn Ruby on Rails for only 99 cents for the next seven days (it’s a launch promotion). And, please… write some 5-star Amazon reviews?
Forward v2: Static Sites, Logging, Multiple Accounts, and more
We recently launched an all new version of the Forward gem. Now you can forward a static sites, view requests as they come over the tunnel, use multiple accounts, and auto copy/open your tunnel URL. [more inside]
Video Tutorial: Ruby on Rails Development with Git and Github
Learn how to setup your Ruby on Rails development environment to use git and github in this video tutorial.
DRYing up Rails Views with View Carriers and Services
Read about DRYing up Rails Views with View Carriers, why use carriers, when and when not to use rails helpers, overcoming double dot and simplifying complex views.
Testing and Environment Variables
Learn how to test code using data in environment variables with Climate Control.