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Do End Your Braces

Braces and do/end are completely swappable—almost all the time. They have...
Mike Burns
March 19, 2012
- Web
- Ruby
- Testing
Short, Explicit Test Setups

You probably know about this Factory Bot1 definition syntax:...
Dan Croak
March 12, 2012
- Web
- Ruby
- Testing
Watch for Turbulence

Give low complexity to your high-churn code.
Mike Burns
February 24, 2012
- Web
- Good Code
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
- Web
- Ruby
- Unix
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
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
- Web
- Ruby
- Good Code
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
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
- Web
- Ruby
- Testing
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
- Web
- Ruby
- Vim
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
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