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Running Specs from Vim, Sent to tmux via Tslime

When I first started working at thoughtbot, I was impressed to see some of my...
Joël Quenneville
August 8, 2013
- Web
- tmux
- Vim
- Ruby
- Testing
Running Specs From Vim

Test driven development thrives on a tight feedback loop. However, switching...
Dan Croak
August 5, 2013
- News
- Web
- Vim
- Testing
In-person Hands-on Backbone.js on Rails workshop in Denver

We’re offering the next installment of our Hands-on Backbone.js on Rails...
Chad Pytel
August 1, 2013
- News
- Web
- JavaScript
How to Create Postgres Indexes Concurrently in ActiveRecord Migrations

By default, Postgres locks writes (but not reads) to a table while creating...
Dan Croak
July 30, 2013
- Web
- PostgreSQL
- Ruby
The Perils of Uniqueness Validations

Your Rails application probably makes use of uniqueness validations in...
Derek Prior
July 17, 2013
- Web
- Rails
- PostgreSQL
External Posts In Jekyll

If you contribute to more than one blog, you may want to have all of your...
Caleb Hearth
July 15, 2013
- Web
- Analytics
Chat Example App Using Server-Sent Events

Rails 4 can stream data to the browser with ActionController::Live using...
Mason Fischer
July 14, 2013
- Web
- Rails
- Redis
Taming Factory Bot List Creation

There are times in your tests when you need to create multiple instances of...
Derek Prior
July 13, 2013
- Web
- Ruby
- Testing
- Factory Girl
- Factory Bot
PSA: Do not use system Ruby

OS X Mavericks may ship with Ruby 2.0. Cool, right? Don’t touch it. ...
Joel Oliveira
June 28, 2013
- Web
- Ruby
accepts_nested_attributes_for with Has-Many-Through Relations

If you find yourself getting validation errors when using...
Pat Brisbin
June 14, 2013
- Web
- Rails
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