Background allows you to add some context to the scenarios in a single feature. A Background is much like a...
All methods generated by string_attr_reader are now added to that new module instead of the class. The result...
The idea behind scrooge is both surprisingly simple and powerful: instead of forcing the developer to manually specify each attribute...
Deadweight is RCov for CSS, kind of. Given a set of stylesheets and a set of URLs, it determines which...
decided to go fixtureless with Shoulda + Factory Girl. All good, except one problem. Slow as fuck tests. So here’s...
Stop writing your own random string generators. Rails does this for you.
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Concerns is a simple Rails plugin that provides you with a simple way to organise your Controllers, Models and Mailers...
DevIL is a fast and lightweight image library that supports the loading and saving of images in almost any graphics...
Browsera automatically detects cross-browser layout problems and scripting errors on your website.
If I ruled the world, IE would not be used by people. Since that is not the case, we need...
What Pradipta Archiputra (aka "MAX ARCHIE") uses to send his recruitment emails. This plugin pretends that CC and BCC
If you need big synchronization points, e.g. for big marketing campaigns, you might be better off using an iterative development...
R. Clayton Miller's 10/GUI is probably one of the most dramatic reimaginations of the desktop user interface I’ve...
In the end, the structure of data is something fundamental that can't be simplified or abstracted away. The ORM...
Unit tests are to refactoring like a drop cloth is to painting. Both feel like more work at first but...
Even though the gradual engagement meme has been around for a while, and everyone just hates signup forms, they just...
But Twitter is not playing at the $1.00 blackjack table. They’re playing at the $1B blackjack table. Forget for...
Limelight is a rich client GUI framework unlike any other. With a unique angle on GUI development, Limelight harnesses the...
Good programmers know that a lack of superficial code quality and consistency is the best indicator of deeper systemic problems...
Learn how to set up a one-to-many or many-to-many association which is entirely embedded into a...