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signpost method aliasing

over 5 years ago by Evan Weaver on Snax.
“Signpost method aliasing” is a technique you can use to get global-like behavior while preserving clarity. Instead of having a global flag...

Cheat!

over 5 years ago by Chris Wanstrath on Err The Blog. [Linked from: RubyNoob, RubyNoob]
I’ve got this cheat sheet hanging on my wall. It’s for migrations. The Rails kind. It’s nice. I can never remember whether the method...

New RubyCorner . . . Oooh, Shiny!

over 5 years ago by Pat Eyler on On Ruby.
After several weeks of work, the folks over at RubyCorner.com have released their new version. I've been lucky enough to see it while they worked...

Shopify didn't get memo, goes international

over 5 years ago by David Heinemeier Hansson on Riding Rails.
Obviously someone forgot to tell Tobi and crew that its impossible to do internationalization with Rails. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so foolish...

Was Joel's Wasabi a joke? (Update: Nope!)

over 5 years ago by David Heinemeier Hansson on Loud Thinking.
It seems quite a lot of people assume that Joel's Wasabi language was or is a joke. I sure hope so too, but I really don't think it is. If I had just read...

Ruby and Rails is Dangerous Says the Bad Man!

over 5 years ago by Martin Wulffeld on Rails.dk - Ruby on Rails and related.
It’s natural to have a fear of change. When something new challenges your environment and your standard routines you as a human being are going to...

RubyInline Myths

over 5 years ago by Ryan Davis on Polishing Ruby.
I just read the RubyInline section (22.4) of the Ruby Cookbook by Lucas Carlson and Leonard Richardson. I'm a bit ticked off so calibrate accordingly. In...

Replacing the Rails Paginator

over 5 years ago by cardboardrocket alex on Cardboard Rocket.
Kevin Clark over at Gluttonous is luke warm on using the built-in Rails pagination helpers. Even if you’re not hip to what Kevin’s...

Spolsky Starts a Language War

over 5 years ago by Tim Bray on ongoing.
In Joel Spolsky’s new Language Wars, he argues that .NET, Java, PHP, and maybe Python are the safe choices if you’re going to build out a Web app that...

RAD X: Making Markup

over 5 years ago by Tim Bray on ongoing.
[RAD stands for Ruby Ape Diaries, of which this is part X.] If you’re writing Web apps, and even if you’re one of the few who isn’t...