Snippets #124

Filed Under // Gems Rails

Snippets #123

Read Metaprogramming Ruby last week, but I think I'll read it again this week just to get my around a few things.

  • Creating Duplicate Objects - Took me a couple of reads to get this.
  • minitest 1.7.0 released - The nimble replacement for test/unit hits a new milestone. I wonder how fast this is over test/unit?
  • Rails best practices - Amey Dhoke has compiled an interesting list of best practices for Rails. I wonder how it compares to other best practices developers might have?

Filed Under // Rails TDD

Snippets #122

Even if you're implementing such a basic feature as single table inheritance, always write unit tests for it to ensure everything is right. I found out the hard way last night.

Filed Under // Agile Rails

Snippets #121

Filed Under // Heroku Rails Sinatra

Snippets #120

It's amazing what a spot of re-factoring does to simplify your application. I just hope I haven't went too far. 

  • Sinatra-tests - This gem should come in handy for providing extra tests for my little Sinatra apps.
  • Simpleconfig - I'm already using basic configuration settings in a couple of Rails apps, but this gem will make my settings easier to manage and use.
  • Ruby 1.9.2 RC1 released - Good thing I'm using RVM.

I also started reading The Passionate Programmer last night. I'm already 50 pages into the book, so I'm aiming to finish it over the weekend. The best part will be putting some of this new found knowledge into action.

Filed Under // Gems Rails Ruby Sinatra