Monthly Archives: September 2009

rspec stub V should_receive

Posted on September 30, 2009 by andhapp

I have been pondering over the difference between the two aforesaid methods in rspec but it did not become apparent to me at first. Yesterday, whilst reading the RSpec Bible it all became crystal clear. I know some people might … Continue reading →

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Ruby 1.9

Posted on September 30, 2009 by andhapp

I was looking for the hash syntax in Ruby 1.9 as I could recollect that it has changed but did not remember it exactly and discovered this site that has all the changes in Ruby 1.9 in one place and … Continue reading →

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I love metaprogramming

Posted on September 28, 2009 by andhapp

I have almost finished the 80% of ruby metaprogramming course and I am loving it. Really, writing a complete class without writing the code below. This is so old way of writing code…nah just kidding. class People end Also, declaring … Continue reading →

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Ruby software debt

Posted on September 25, 2009 by andhapp

Found ruby code smell detector, called Reek. Here’s a report for thughtbot’s clearance. Powerful stuff. Time to run it through my code.

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Clearance

Posted on September 24, 2009 by andhapp

My patch to refactor one of the modules in Clearance was merged into master today. I feel ecstatic.

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Serendipity

Posted on September 15, 2009 by andhapp

I had no idea of the gitHub shortcuts. A perfect Eureka moment.

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Linode v Slicehost

Posted on September 6, 2009 by andhapp

Internet is the most exciting invention of its times. Over the years it has saved me countless hours. Here is another example. I have been contemplating a move to VPS hosting and instantly Slicehost and Linode springs to my mind. … Continue reading →

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CLI for Javascript

Posted on September 5, 2009 by andhapp

No way… I do not believe you. What? There is a command line interface for Javascript which you can access as easily as your browser or any other app for that matter. I cannot believe that I did not know … Continue reading →

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