Open Source Projects

As we build web applications for our clients or for ourselves, we look for opportunities to extract commonly used solutions, and to build tools which makes the next project more efficient and more fun. The open source projects we have created and released for use by the Ruby community are a direct result of this process.

Shoulda

The Shoulda gem makes it easy to write elegant, understandable, and maintainable Ruby tests. Shoulda consists of test macros, assertions, and helpers that make testing a breeze.

Paperclip

Paperclip is a file attachment plugin for Ruby on Rails’ Active Record classes which turns files into attributes that work the same way as normal database fields.

Jester

Jester is a REST/ActiveResource client library written in JavaScript. You can use it to read, create, and save application data to any RESTful-style web application, right from your browser.

Factory Girl

Factory Girl provides a framework and DSL for defining and using factories to create data records for ruby test suites. The goal is to be less error-prone, more explicit, and all-around easier to work with than Rails’ fixtures.

Squirrel

Squirrel expands and enhances Active Record’s ‘find’ class method to take block arguments, and allows programmers to use a more “rubyish” syntax to build complex SQL queries.

Mile Marker

MileMarker is a Ruby on Rails framework plugin which helps designers and developers communicate visually about scope and feature expectations throughout an iterative application development release cycle.

Pacecar

Pacecar is a Ruby on Rails framework plugin which adds named_scope methods to ActiveRecord classes via database column introspection.