Matthew Lang // My Programming Journal

My name is Matthew Lang, and I'm a programmer and Ruby hobbyist based just outside Glasgow in the UK.

Snippets #118

SimpleForm - A new gem from Plataforma to make building forms in Rails easier.
Creating Configuration Files With Ruby Templates - I always forget that I could be using Ruby as a scripting tool to solve a few of my more mundane tasks of the day.
Organizations for Small Businesses - GitHub is just getting better and better. Good to see it catering to small businesses as well now.
Replace Cron with Clockwork - A new cron replacement with nice and simple syntax.

The Complete Class - I haven't though much about class design since I started Ruby, so it was good to read this post on the Ruby Best Practices blog.
GitProductive - LOC might not be a good measure of how productive you are, but it does give a good indication of progress when your refactoring.
Devise - An interesting authentication solution for your Rails applications.
Setting up a Mac to work with Git and Github - Great guide to getting started with Github.