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Reduce Application Clutter, Disable Unwanted Rails Generators

Rails has some handy generators to help streamline the creation of models,...
Harlow Ward
October 24, 2012
- Web
- Rails
Typography PSA: Stop putting two spaces after a period

I have lots of typographic pet peeves. Lots. But the biggest one is when...
Kyle Fiedler
October 23, 2012
Xcode and git: bridging the gap

Apple integrated git into Xcode 4 in 2011 much to the relief of iOS...
Mark Adams
October 18, 2012
- Git
- iOS
Migrating Data from an Upgraded Postgres

I recently upgraded Postgres on my development machine from 9.1.4 to 9.2.1. ...
Josh Clayton
October 16, 2012
- Web
- PostgreSQL
Boston Office Manager

About two years ago, I joined thoughtbot as our Office Assistant and now,...
Seana Quental
October 15, 2012
- News
- Boston
Designing for iOS: Taming UIButton

Note: While the techniques outlined in this article are still applicable, the...
Reda Lemeden
October 12, 2012
- iOS
- Design
Object-Oriented File Importing and Parsing

The following is an example of file importing and parsing in Ruby using...
Harlow Ward
October 11, 2012
- Web
- Ruby
ActiveModel Form Objects

Submitting form data is a common feature of web applications – allowing users...
Harlow Ward
October 10, 2012
- Web
- Rails
This Week in Open Source

trail-map Lots of activity on trail-map this week. Thanks to...
Adarsh Pandit
September 29, 2012
- News
- Open Source
Automatically Reload the Browser for Javascript Tests

Fast tests mean a fast feedback loop when doing TDD. Let’s make our tests...
Dylan Griffin
September 29, 2012
- Web
- JavaScript
- Testing
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