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  1. Slave To The Intepreter

    I think of Ruby as the “free love” language. Yet, even Ruby can put the...

    Dan Croak
    October 13, 2009
    • Web
    • Ruby
  2. Testing ActiveRecord Named Scopes

    Everyone was psyched when Nick Kallen’s has_finder plugin was added to Rails...

    Dan Croak
    September 29, 2009
    • Web
    • Testing
    • Ruby
    • Rails
  3. Swallow Nil

    I’ve been using this for about a year and a half. Abomination or legitimate...

    Dan Croak
    September 18, 2009
    • Web
    • Ruby
    • Good Code
  4. To self. or not to self.

    How do you declare class methods in Ruby?

    Josh Clayton
    September 11, 2009
    • Web
    • Ruby
  5. Tail Your Test Logs

    How to get the most information out of your Rails logs.

    Dan Croak
    September 9, 2009
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    • Ruby
    • Testing
    • Unix
  6. Ruby's gsub With A Block

    Ruby’s gsub can take a block: "10 comments".gsub(/ (.+)/) do |words| "...

    Dan Croak
    September 8, 2009
    • Web
    • Ruby
  7. Testing HTTP Errors With Ruby

    A common pattern in our apps is handling failure by notifying Airbrake. A...

    Dan Croak
    September 6, 2009
    • Web
    • Ruby
    • Testing
    • Airbrake
  8. Ruby Web Startup Panel Tonight

    Tonight, TechStars is hosting a panel discussion on Ruby web startups....

    Dan Croak
    August 17, 2009
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    • Ruby
  9. Cucumber Directory Convention

    I’ve been organizing Cucumber features in Rails apps using a strict directory...

    Dan Croak
    August 17, 2009
    • Web
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    • Ruby
    • Rails
  10. Why Do Rubyists Test So Completely?

    The Ruby community, according to some data I am making up, has the strongest...

    Mike Burns
    August 14, 2009
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