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Upcoming Events for October, 2014

Each month we organize and attend events at our offices and around the world. Here is a summary of what’s happening in October, 2014.
Chad Pytel
October 3, 2014
- News
- Web
- iOS
- Design
Hound Reviews JavaScript For Style Violations

In addition to Ruby and CoffeeScript, Hound now reviews JavaScript code for style violations using JSHint.
Scott Albertson
October 2, 2014
- Web
- Hound
- JavaScript
- Ruby
Design Sprint Case Study: Merck Development Portal

A look into a recent product design sprint.
Kyle Fiedler
October 2, 2014
- Design
IO in Ruby

Learn about Ruby’s beautiful, duck-typed approach to Input/Output.
Joël Quenneville
October 1, 2014
- Web
- Ruby
- Unix
Card Sorting

When we design a product, we choose words and group content to help users use the product. Those decisions form the basis of the product’s “information architecture.” To combat against our biases, we run design exercises. One exercise is called card sorting.
Lisa Sy
September 30, 2014
- Design
- Information Architecture
Parsing Embedded JSON and Arrays in Swift

In the previous posts (first post, second post) about parsing JSON in Swift...
Tony DiPasquale
September 29, 2014
- iOS
- Swift
Prefer Objects as Method Parameters, Not Class Names

In an application we worked on, we presented users with multiple choice...
Joe Ferris
September 26, 2014
- Web
- Ruby
- Good Code
Our iOS, Rails, and Backbone.js Books Are Now Available for Purchase

Starting today, you can buy any of our books individually. Each of these books comes in MOBI, EPUB, PDF, and HTML and includes access to the GitHub repository with the source Markdown / LaTeX file and an example application.
Caleb Hearth
September 24, 2014
- News
- iOS
- Web
- Books
Validating JSON Schemas with an RSpec Matcher

Use RSpec and JSON Schema to create a test-driven process in which changes to the structure of your JSON API drive the implementation of new features.
Laila Winner
September 23, 2014
- Web
- JSON
- Ruby
- RSpec
- Testing
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
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