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  1. Paperclip is Going Three-Point-Oh Nelly

    The new version of your favorite file upload library, Paperclip 3.0.0, has...

    Prem Sichanugrist
    March 26, 2012
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    • Open Source
    • Ruby
    • Paperclip
  2. My Conscience Won't Let Me Call Ruby a Computer Language

    My conscience won’t let me call Ruby a computer language. That would imply...

    March 24, 2012
    • Web
    • Ruby
  3. Factory Bot Hits 3.0!

    Factory Bot is now 3.0! It’s been a wonderful eight months and I’m really...

    Josh Clayton
    March 23, 2012
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  4. Do End Your Braces

    Braces and do/end are completely swappable—almost all the time. They have...

    Mike Burns
    March 19, 2012
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    • Ruby
    • Testing
  5. Short, Explicit Test Setups

    You probably know about this Factory Bot1 definition syntax:...

    Dan Croak
    March 12, 2012
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    • Ruby
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  6. How To Use Arguments In a Rake Task

    I came across this today. You can write Rake tasks that accept arguments,...

    Chad Pytel
    February 23, 2012
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    • Ruby
    • Unix
  7. Derive #inject for a better understanding

    Let’s talk about Enumerable#inject. It’s special to me. In other cultures...

    Mike Burns
    February 17, 2012
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    • Good Code
  8. How to Apply What You've Learned from TDD to Writing Data Migrations

    After doing TDD full time for years, I have a hard time writing code without...

    Joe Ferris
    February 13, 2012
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  9. Convert Ruby 1.8 to 1.9 Hash Syntax

    Using Vim or your shell, convert old-school hashes into new-school hashes.

    Dan Croak
    February 11, 2012
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    • Ruby
    • Vim
  10. Use Bundler's binstubs!

    If you’re not using bundler’s binstubs with RVM integration yet, you should...

    Gabe Berke-Williams
    January 5, 2012
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