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Publish/subscribe for Ruby classes. Bonus: You do not have to declare events before using them.
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There seems to be no way to use therubyracer -v '0.11.4' and libv8 -v '3.11.8.17' on OS X Mavericks.
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When you do something like this in your code: def var_value @var ||= some_expensive_calculation end
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If you want to sort a Ruby array with a primary, secondary, etc. criterium, use a sort_by that contains...
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In Ruby, classes and modules are called constants. This card explains how Ruby resolves the meaning of a constant.
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