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  1. Decoding JSON Structures with Elm

    Parse JSON with Elm.

    Josh Clayton
    March 8, 2016
    • Elm
    • JSON
    • JavaScript
  2. Decorating Arrays in Ember

    Leverage Ember.ObjectProxy to introduce decorators into your Ember codebase.

    Josh Clayton
    October 6, 2015
    • Web
    • Ember
    • JavaScript
  3. Rails on Docker

    Develop a Rails app in Docker.

    Josh Clayton
    February 19, 2015
    • Web
    • OS X
    • Unix
    • Docker
    • Rails
  4. Testing and Environment Variables in Ruby

    Learn how to test code using data in environment variables with Climate Control.

    Josh Clayton
    December 3, 2014
    • Web
    • Ruby
    • Rails
    • Testing
    • RSpec
    • CI
  5. Updated Test-Driven Rails Videos

    I’m happy to announce that we’ve updated the content for our popular...

    Josh Clayton
    November 18, 2014
    • News
    • Web
    • Upcase
    • Testing
    • Rails
  6. Acceptance Tests at a Single Level of Abstraction

    Each acceptance test tells a story: a logical progression through a task...

    Josh Clayton
    September 2, 2014
    • Web
    • Ruby
    • Rails
    • Testing
  7. Speed Up Tests by Selectively Avoiding Factory Bot

    Learn one simple way to speed up your tests with the factory_bot gem!

    Josh Clayton
    August 14, 2014
    • Web
    • Rails
    • Testing
    • RSpec
    • Factory Girl
    • Factory Bot
  8. Silver Searcher Tab Completion with Exuberant Ctags

    Improve your Silver Searcher game by introducing tab completion in zsh based on the tags file of the project.

    Josh Clayton
    August 11, 2014
    • Unix
    • Shell
  9. Segment.io and Ruby

    Use Segment.io’s Ruby library to track usage patterns within a Rails application.

    Josh Clayton
    July 30, 2014
    • Web
    • Rails
    • Testing
    • Analytics
  10. FactoryBot for Seed Data?

    Occasionally, somebody recommends or asks about using FactoryBot to generate...

    Josh Clayton
    November 13, 2013
    • Web
    • Ruby
    • Testing
    • Factory Girl
    • Factory Bot
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