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MetaRuby - Building Classes Dynamically
Want to learn more about metaprogramming in Ruby? Read more
Avoid Rails When Generating JSON responses with PostgreSQL
I just announced PostgresExt-Serializers which allows you to serialize your JSON responses in PostgreSQL instead of Rails
Random (and probably useless) Rubyisms
New post on Group Buddies blog: Random (and probably useless) Rubyisms
Cells Integrates With The Asset Pipeline
Cells now allows to package JS, CSS and more into a cell directory making it really simple to integrate assets into the asset pipeline. This allows a highly modular and encapsulated architecture which is briefly discussed here.
The right e-commerce tools for the job (review of a Ruby on Rails e-commerce platform: Spree)
There’s an expression that to a person with only a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. Over time, familiarity makes most problems look like nails to which you simply apply your hammer. Read more
Convert a Github repository into a CMS
A gem for using your github repository as a content management system Writefully
Simple faceted search for your AR models without a search engine
I solved this often enough in apps to now release it as a gem.
How You Nest Modules Matters in Ruby
Ruby provides two different syntaxes to nest modules (and classes), and most Rubyists treat those syntaxes as interchangeable when they shouldn’t. Find out why the syntaxes are not interchangeable.
7 Reasons Why I'm Sticking with Minitest and Fixtures in Rails
I wrote a new post titled 7 Reasons Why I’m Sticking with Minitest and Fixtures in Rails. Hope you enjoy!
Using a little bit of convenience to save your programming flow
While you’re building software, there will be things that will frustrate you every time you have to write them. Bits of code that look ugly. Or those lines you can never quite remember how to write, so you find an example somewhere else in your codebase to copy and paste. These break your flow! So it’s important to recognize them, and make them more convenient.
How (and WHY!)to get developers to write a blog post
Writing blogposts can be as important as contributing to an open source. Here’s why as a developer you should share your knowledge and write a blogpost from time to time.
I built a Heroku Add-on to simplify SSL Installation
My Heroku add-on ExpeditedSSL was just accepted into General Availability. The add-on grinds the complexity and issues of getting SSL going on Heroku into the dirt.
SSL for Rails with Heroku and DNSimple
SSL certificates can be intimidating but Heroku and DNSimple make the process easy. These steps should take us less than 15 minutes.
Hello world! This is Feedlr
Have you met Feedlr? A Ruby interface to Feedly. First version is out!
I am now a till time Ruby/Rails coach
I have to apologize for being away so long. I ended a relationship that had drug on for far too long and going nowhere, and at the same time I decided that I will no longer accept clients that refuse to place the proper amount of importance on quality and training. Read more
FiniteMachine 0.7.0 hot off the press
Just released finite_machine which introduces new callback types on_before and on_after for listening to events and separating them from state changes. This means that the transition sequence and callback lifecycle have changed as well. I’m looking forward to your feedback!
Picking a good one with UIPickerView - RubyMotion Screencast
UIPickerView is a common sight in a lot of applications, it’s an easy and familiar way to… well… pick things. Understanding the delegate and data source though can allow you to really understand what’s possible and use it in more creative ways.
How I leveled up this week
A few new coding practices I implemented this week, Check it Out
3 ways to generate URLs using magical routes in Rails
In this article, we talk about three different ways to generate URLs used by Rails among controllers, mailers, views and helpers. We’ve also included examples and some suggestions on when you should use them.
Filling up Rails 4.1 powered Mobile site with Content using Framework7
In this episode we take a look at how Framework7 structures it’s content. We try out a few examples from the kitchen sink provided by Framework7’s documentation. 14 minute Video tutorial.
Integrate PostGIS and Google Maps in Rails Part 2
Here is part 2 of my blog series Integrate PostGIS and Google Maps in Rails. It shows how to encode the geometry in PostGIS as GeoJSON and render them on google maps.
How to: Override devise default routes for sign in and sign out
Checkout how to override default routes of devise for Sign in an Sign out with details
Recurly.js Rails hello world
Based on what I learned implementing billing for my app WiseCash, I extracted an example app of how to use Recurly.js to accept recurring payments with Rails. Note that this is currently for Recurly.js v2 - will adapt it to v3 once I have migrated my app.
Pronto now supports Food Critic!
Pronto performs quick automated code reviews with the help of various analysis tools (RuboCop, Brakeman, Flay, etc.) by checking only the introduced changes. And now it lints your chef cookbooks with the help of Food Critic. Check it out: Pronto and pronto-foodcritic.
MetaRuby - An Ounce of Meta
Want to do some simple metaprogramming? Have you ever wondered how things like attr_reader work? Unlike languages like Java we can easily define our own language constructs. Read more