The History of Ruby
The Ruby language is 21 years old. Its strong community and adoption by the open source community has kept this language steady and improving. Ruby has changed drastically over the years. It has grown...
View ArticleAutomatically Reload All the Things with Guard
It's a brisk afternoon at the office and you've been slaving away at a front end project for the last twelve hours. You've repeatedly had to go through the whole save-compile-reload phase with your...
View ArticleChruby and Rbenv Tips and Tricks
Rbenv and chruby are the cool kids on the block now. Obviously, we want the most we can get out of our favorite tools. So this article isn't about which one to like more, nor is it an introduction to...
View ArticleMarkdown Processing in Ruby
Markdown is a fantastic markup language that compiles into HTML. Although its original implementation was written in Perl, Markdown has been ported into multiple languages with various features. We're...
View ArticleJekyll on Rails
We can all appreciate the power that Ruby on Rails gives us to rapidly build great web applications. We can also appreciate Jekyll's amazing ability to turn Markdown and templating into a beautiful...
View ArticleAuthenticating with Google
I have a brilliant idea. I am going to build a site that makes ing easier for . There's a problem though: I need people to be able to login, but I don't want to deal with registering users, resetting...
View ArticleShelly Cloud: Deploy a Rails App in Less Than 5 Minutes
2 weeks gone, 1 app ready for production. What now? It's time to deploy the app on a server. But you're a developer, you can't be expected to know everything about managing a VPS for a Rails app....
View ArticleFully Functional Jekyll Blog
[caption id="attachment_108470" align="aligncenter" width="2388"] Blog (блог). Красное слово на белом фоне[/caption] There's comes a time when tutorials on getting started aren't enough. This is not...
View ArticleMax out Your TDD with Maxitest and Minitest
The goal behind minitest can be summed up in one word: simple. Minitest gets out of your way and allows you to write expressive and readable tests. These ideals are great, but sometimes we want a...
View ArticlePlugs Are to Elixir What Rack Is to Ruby
Plugs are to Elixir what Rack is to Ruby. As such, they both use functions to manipulate web requests. The principle behind plugs is simple, as is their implementation. In this article, we’ll explore...
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