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Rails Refactoring Example: Introduce Null Object

You probably don’t write code like this: if object.kind_of?(User) do_this...
Dan Croak
April 11, 2012
- Web
- Rails
- Good Code
Testing a before_filter

How to set up test suite for verifying a before_filter in Rails.
Adarsh Pandit
April 6, 2012
- Web
- Rails
- Testing
Multiple Environments on Heroku

Agile development methodologies promote quick and iterative product releases....
Harlow Ward
April 3, 2012
- Web
- Rails
- Heroku
Global min_messages

How to reduce postgres output noise.
Dan Croak
April 2, 2012
- Web
- PostgreSQL
- Rails
What would happen if you ran bundle update right now?

Is there a bundle command to tell me what would be updated with bundle...
Alex Berry
March 31, 2012
- Web
- Ruby
- Rails
- Open Source
Anonymizing User, Company, and Location Data Using Faker

Often during development it’s useful to have realistic data to get a sense of...
Adarsh Pandit
February 22, 2012
- Web
- Rails
Wildcards In Rails Redirects

The captured wildcard in a Rails 3 route can be used in the redirect method:...
Dan Croak
February 15, 2012
- Web
- Rails
Decoupling Data from Presentation

I’m really happy to see a resurgence in an understanding that writing...
Josh Clayton
February 2, 2012
- Web
- Rails
- Testing
Inject that Rails Configuration Dependency!

Setting up configuration settings in a Rails app has been fairly...
Josh Clayton
January 25, 2012
- Web
- Rails
- Testing
- Good Code
Factory Bot 2.5 Gets Custom Constructors

Today marks a big day in the life of Factory Bot; you can now override the...
Josh Clayton
January 21, 2012
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