Prepare, Do, Test: Make your Technical Writing Shine
05 Sep 2013Don’t pump and dump information on your readers: build better community and better view numbers by following the Prepare, Do, Test pattern.
Specify Different Gemfile while using Bundler
29 Aug 2013Travis has a great feature of being able to install gems using a custom Gemfile path. This lets you do things like test against multiple versions of Rails very easily. A project that uses this is sprockets-rails.
Maildown: Write your Rails emails in Markdown
31 Jul 2013 Maildown: Write your Rails emails in Markdownmaildown - Write your ActionMailer email templates in Markdown, send in html and plain text
Heroku API Demo
09 Jul 2013Whipped up a quick demo of the Heroku API using Sinatra and heroku-bouncer (heroku’s oauth rack middleware).
My wedding with Ruby featured in Style Me Pretty
03 Jul 2013 My wedding with Ruby featured in Style Me PrettyMaybe not programming related, but stil features plenty of “Ruby”. My wedding was recently featured on style me pretty. Check it out:
Testing Against Multiple Rails Versions
21 May 2013Upgrading major versions of Rails sucks. I was there from 0.9 to 1.0, all the way to the famed 2 to 3 release, and they were all painful. I have good news though: Rails 4 is right around the corner, and it’s a much cleaner upgrade. While you are getting your app ready for Rails 4 are you bringing the gems you’ve written up to speed? If the answer is “I don’t know”, keep reading - we will cover how to test the gems you’ve written against multiple versions of Rails including Rails 4 release candidate.
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