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Mystery Guest The xUnit Test Patterns: Refactoring Test Code book has an ASTOUNDING amount... Dan Croak July 28, 2009 Web Testing Good Code
Nosy models Ruby’s “mixins” provide a simple, middle-ground option to developers that... Joe Ferris April 10, 2009 Ruby Good Code
less asking, more telling Getting sick of writing the following? def create @user = User.new... Jared Carroll February 25, 2008 Web Rails Good Code
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designing without ifs Alright here we go. Say we got an app with groups, users and memberships. ... Jared Carroll January 2, 2008 Web Good Code