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ActiveRecord Eager Loading with Query Objects and Decorators

How can you plug complex, multi-model SQL queries into ActiveRecord models so that you can use them in your views?
Joe Ferris
September 19, 2014
- Web
- Rails
- SQL
- Performance
Hound Reviews CoffeeScript For Style Violations

In addition to Ruby files, Hound can now review CoffeeScript code for style violations using CoffeeLint.
Dan Croak
September 17, 2014
- News
- Web
- Hound
- CoffeeScript
Postgres Window Functions

Take your queries to the next level with window functions.
Simon Taranto
September 16, 2014
- Web
- Performance
- PostgreSQL
- SQL
How to Find Missing or Unused I18n Translations

While I18n is a great tool for quick copy changes, translation files can...
Jessie Young
September 12, 2014
- Web
- Rails
- I18n
Write Reliable, Asynchronous Integration Tests With Capybara

We’ve come to rely on integration tests as part of a balanced testing...
Joe Ferris
September 10, 2014
- Web
- Rails
- JavaScript
- Testing
Pluralizing I18n Translations in Your Rails Application

How to clean up your Rails views with I18n’s built-in pluralization tools.
Jessie Young
September 9, 2014
- Web
- Rails
- I18n
An Introduction to WebGL

WebGL is a thin wrapper around OpenGL that is exposed through a JavaScript API.
Sage Griffin
September 5, 2014
- Web
- JavaScript
- WebGL
Back to Basics: SOLID

SOLID is an acronym created by Bob Martin and Michael Feathers that refers to...
Britt Ballard
September 3, 2014
- Web
- iOS
- Back To Basics
- Good Code
- Ruby
- Swift
Acceptance Tests at a Single Level of Abstraction

Each acceptance test tells a story: a logical progression through a task...
Josh Clayton
September 2, 2014
- Web
- Ruby
- Rails
- Testing
Speed Up Tests by Selectively Avoiding Factory Bot

Learn one simple way to speed up your tests with the factory_bot gem!
Josh Clayton
August 14, 2014
- Web
- Rails
- Testing
- RSpec
- Factory Girl
- Factory Bot
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