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  1. Date and Time Formats for Pirates

    Need to display a date in your Rails app? First try: Time.now.strftime...

    Alex Berry
    April 27, 2012
    • Web
    • Rails
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Multiple Environments on Heroku

    Agile development methodologies promote quick and iterative product releases....

    Harlow Ward
    April 3, 2012
    • Web
    • Rails
    • Heroku
  5. Global min_messages

    How to reduce postgres output noise.

    Dan Croak
    April 2, 2012
    • Web
    • PostgreSQL
    • Rails
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
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