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RSpec matchers and regexp comments - a possibly useful hack

over 1 year ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
A few days back, I was sitting at my client and working on a hacky spec to validate some assumptions in a very dirty data set. I wanted to figure out some...

Ioke at Chicago and Iowa Code Camp

almost 2 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
This saturday, May 1st, I will be talking at both the Chicago Code Camp and the Iowa Code Camp. I will be giving an introduction to Ioke at both code camps...

Patterns of method missing

almost 2 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
One of the more dynamic features of Ruby is method_missing, a way of intercepting method calls that would cause a NoMethodError if method_missing isnâ€...

ThoughtWorks signs EU petition against software patents

almost 2 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
I am strongly against software patents, and as such I’m very happy that ThoughtWorks has decided to sign the EU petition against software patents. I recommend...

RubyConf India was a great success!

almost 2 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
This weekend ThoughtWorks in collaboration with RubyCentral and several sponsors arranged the first ever RubyConf India. I was there as a keynote speaker...

ThoughtWorks JRuby Geek Night in Pune

almost 2 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
I should really have blogged this earlier, but the last few weeks have been hectic. Anyway, better late then never, eh? Tonight - that is Wednesday, March...

ÃœberConf

almost 2 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
I will speak at ÃœberConf in Denver in June. Should be lots of fun! I will talk about JRuby and building languages. I might also possibly cover Ioke - we...

Destructuring extravaganza

almost 2 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
A few months back I added support for destructuring assignment and tuples to Ioke. Since Ioke’s assignment is just a regular method call, this was actually...

RubyConf India

almost 2 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
I am part of a team at ThoughtWorks helping out organizing the very first RubyConf in India. I’m very excited about this. So if you have the possibility...

Ioke P released

~2 years ago by Ola Bini on Ola Bini on Java, Lisp, Ruby and AI.
I am very happy to announce that Ioke P has finally been released! Ioke is a language that is designed to be as expressive as possible. It is a dynamic...