github.com

Background allows you to add some context to the scenarios in a single feature. A Background is much like a...

github.com

Deadweight is RCov for CSS, kind of. Given a set of stylesheets and a set of URLs, it determines which...

m.onkey.org

decided to go fixtureless with Shoulda + Factory Girl. All good, except one problem. Slow as fuck tests. So here’s...

code.google.com

Google Chrome Frame is a plugin for Internet Explorer that embeds the entire Chrome web rendering engine inside IE.

infoworld.com

Apple's random rules for iPhone app approval are a recipe for trivial apps and alienated developers

codaset.com

Concerns is a simple Rails plugin that provides you with a simple way to organise your Controllers, Models and Mailers...

banisterfiend.wordpress.com

DevIL is a fast and lightweight image library that supports the loading and saving of images in almost any graphics...

agileweboperations.com

If you need big synchronization points, e.g. for big marketing campaigns, you might be better off using an iterative development...

ignorethecode.net

R. Clayton Miller's 10/GUI is probably one of the most dramatic reimaginations of the desktop user interface I’ve...

hatfulofhollow.com

In the end, the structure of data is something fundamental that can't be simplified or abstracted away. The ORM...

tech.puredanger.com

Unit tests are to refactoring like a drop cloth is to painting. Both feel like more work at first but...

blog.henriquez.net

Even though the gradual engagement meme has been around for a while, and everyone just hates signup forms, they just...

bokardo.com

But Twitter is not playing at the $1.00 blackjack table. They’re playing at the $1B blackjack table. Forget for...

github.com

Riot differs primarily in that it does not rerun setup for each test in a context.

makandra dev
limelight.8thlight.com

Limelight is a rich client GUI framework unlike any other. With a unique angle on GUI development, Limelight harnesses the...

hatfulofhollow.com

Good programmers know that a lack of superficial code quality and consistency is the best indicator of deeper systemic problems...

railscasts.com

Learn how to set up a one-to-many or many-to-many association which is entirely embedded into a...

github.com

A rails plugin to store a collection of boolean attributes in a single ActiveRecord column as a bit field.

makandra dev
flixel.org

flixel is a completely free collection of Actionscript 3 files that helps organize, automate, and optimize Flash games; an object...

cxpartners.co.uk

cxpartners has an interesting eye tracking study on form design. They distill the results into a few simple guidelines which...

successfulsoftware.net

I cringe every time I hear about someone who has spent years writing their ‘killer app’, but still hasn’t...

mockito.org

Mockito is a mocking framework that tastes really good. It lets you write beautiful tests with clean & simple API. Mockito...

makandra dev
juggernaut.rubyforge.org

The Juggernaut plugin for Ruby on Rails aims to revolutionize your Rails app by letting the server initiate a connection...