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Simplifying Tests by Extracting Side-Effects

Test-driven development, object-oriented design, and functional programming converge on some similar ideas.
Joël Quenneville
February 18, 2021
- Web
- Ruby
- TDD
- Testing
- Functional Programming
- Good Code
Scoping .or clauses with common joins

Extract common clauses when using Active Record’s .or method.
Eebs Kobeissi
February 1, 2021
- Active Record
- Rails
- Web
Functional Programming as Algebra

Let’s return to everyone’s “favorite” subject. 🙄
EJ Mitchell
January 26, 2021
- Functional Programming
- Mathematics
- Learning
- Web
- Elm
- Scala
Testing Objects with a Functional Mindset

Some ideas from functional programming can help us improve the unit tests for our object-oriented code.
Joël Quenneville
January 19, 2021
- Web
- Functional Programming
- Testing
- Good Code
- Ruby
Server, They Wrote

A case of how to squeeze your server for every last 💧.
EJ Mitchell
January 15, 2021
- Ubuntu
- Optimization
- Server Management
- Debugging
- Web
- Learning
Alt vs Figcaption

Describing images with the alt attribute and figcaption element.
Elaina Natario
December 1, 2020
- Web
- Accessibility
- Frontend
- HTML
- Images
Redirecting routes in a Phoenix application using plugs

Let’s explore a pragmatic, flexible, and testable approach to route redirection.
Wil Hall
October 21, 2020
- Web
- Elixir
- Phoenix
Debugging a missing PostgreSQL connection on macOS

could not connect to server: No such file or directory. Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket?
Mike Burns
October 14, 2020
- Web
- PostgreSQL
- macOS
Check your return values: APIs

Learn how to apply a little forethought and discipline to provide your users a more informative and stable app experience.
Mike Burns
August 17, 2020
- Web
- Rails
Check your return values: the Web

Learn how to apply a little forethought and discipline to provide your users a more informative and stable Web experience.
Mike Burns
August 10, 2020
- Web
- Rails
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