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  1. ActiveResource in a Flurry

    A look at the Rails Trac’s timeline shows that ActiveResource is undergoing a...

    Eric Mill
    April 26, 2007
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  2. true or false

    “We’ll just add a flag in the database.” I hate that phrase, it just sounds...

    Jared Carroll
    April 25, 2007
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  3. don't be normal

    Database normalization, the database world’s equivalent of DRY, can lead you...

    Jared Carroll
    April 24, 2007
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  4. cruise_control.rb Campfire Plugin

    We’ve been somewhat unhappy with our current Cerberus installation, so we’ve...

    Tammer Saleh
    April 19, 2007
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    • Ruby
  5. Basic Readability

    Is this simple code? It’s an example from the docs on Symbol#to_proc:...

    Jon Yurek
    April 18, 2007
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  6. Jester 1.1: Asynchronous REST

    Since first releasing Jester, we’ve gotten a fantastic amount of interest and...

    Eric Mill
    April 16, 2007
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  7. it's all about behavior

    You need a new class when you have new behavior.

    Jared Carroll
    April 14, 2007
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  8. never be satisified

    Everyone loves metrics. I think they’re great guidelines and can help you...

    Jared Carroll
    April 13, 2007
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  9. unless what

    I’m not a huge fan of Ruby’s unless keyword. I mean its nice but it can take...

    Jared Carroll
    April 12, 2007
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  10. Introducing the Shoulda Testing Plugin

    So we’ve been hinting for some time now that we were going to tidy up the...

    Tammer Saleh
    April 6, 2007
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