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Backbone.js on Rails hits 1.0

Almost 1 year ago, on July 18, 2011, we announced our book, Backbone.js on...
Chad Pytel
June 23, 2012
- News
- Web
- JavaScript
- Books
Olympic Medal Rivalry

Answering questions using the medal results of the 2012 Olympic Games.
Makoto Inoue
June 22, 2012
- Fun
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- New Bamboo
- Web
Describe the User's Perspective: DDD, acceptance testing, and you

Learn about the user first.
Mike Burns
June 22, 2012
- Design
- Playbook
- Testing
Style Sheet Swag: Architecting Your Application's Styles

Aside from applying that killer layout and visual design to your project,...
Galen Frechette
June 14, 2012
- Sass
- CSS
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Workshops and Apprentice.io in SF

A new office and some apprenticeships.
Chad Pytel
June 11, 2012
Opening an office in San Francisco

We’re pleased to announce that we’re opening an office in San Francisco. ...
Dan Croak
June 8, 2012
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Ask the Giant Robots

Have a question for us about code, software development methodologies,...
Chad Pytel
June 6, 2012
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Clearance 0.16.3 fixes a password reset vulnerability

A new clearance version works around a Rails security bug.
Mike Burns
June 1, 2012
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- Rails
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- Clearance
Trail Map

How do I learn Ruby on Rails? Vim? Test-Driven Development? Someone asks...
Dan Croak
May 29, 2012
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- Git
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- PostgreSQL
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- Unix
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Remove Duplication with FactoryBot's Traits

FactoryBot’s traits are an outstanding way to DRY up your tests and factories...
Josh Clayton
May 24, 2012
- Web
- Open Source
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- Ruby
- Rails
- Factory Girl
- Factory Bot
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