Rails App Template
I start a lot of projects. More than I’d like to admit. I finish and deploy very few, but I like cranking out the first iteration of an app in a weekend. Sometimes I do it just to learn some new...
View ArticleBundler: Oh the fail I know.
First, a disclaimer: I don’t want to be negative. I am only writing this because I feel it deserves attention by the community and because I love Rails so much that the fact that something is making me...
View ArticleFrom Zero to Rails Hero in 11 Easy Steps (Installing Rails on OS X 10.6.5)
This is the easiest, fastest and best-to-develop-in way to get a rails dev stack up and running on OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). I actually find that it’s pretty easy, if everything is done in the right...
View ArticlePro Tip: Encapsulate logic in Rails Views for maintainability
A Rails view anti-pattern is that they very quickly turn into a nasty tangle of conditional html blocks. Example: <% if logged_in? && @user == current_user %> Simple example, but what is...
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Expanding on the Law of Demeter
Recently, my friend Avdi Grim posted a great explanation of the Law of Demeter (LoD). It’s been tweeted and posted all over the web, so hopefully you saw it and read it. I’m totally in agreement with...
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