Concerning Rails 3 Internals
As you may know, when we want to enhance the functionality of a class, we usually 'include' or 'extend' it through modules which include new methods or override existing ones. We use 'include' to add Instance...
Crafting gems with jeweler
A few days ago I was just wondering what the best way to craft a Gem was, and I figured out it doesn't really matter. Any way you take will lead you to the same place, yet, I really liked an special way to do it: I found JEWELER....
Using rbenv to manage your rubies
While working with ruby, you have some alternatives to manage your binaries, but as you think of them, I hope you are not really considering delegating this task directly to your OS package manager since it is discouraged, otherwise...
Auto Retry Failed Cucumber Tests
If you’re tired of having to re-kick builds in your CI server because of non deterministic failures, this post is for you. After I implemented this awesome feature our builds started to be more realistic, and developers actually...
One File Web Page with Rack
There are times when you need to quickly create small Ruby web applications. You can do that in many different ways like, creating a Rails, Sinatra or Rack application. I like Rack, it gives you more than enough tools to build a web...
How to Sinatra + Haml + Compass(SCSS) + Blueprint
Last week, I spent about half a day trying to get Sinatra working with Compass and Blueprint. At first, it was a pain in the ass because the documentation is pretty lame. But after some reading here and there and trying via command...
How to write good CSS
After a while of working with CSS, in different projects and with different people, I have realized that there is a lack of standards for it. Like, when you have to make some corrections or improvements and open the CSS file and you...
As Monty Python said… “And Now For Something Completly Different”
Perhaps by reading this you may be wondering what is Processing.js? Well, Processing.js is a JavaScript port of a visualization-oriented language based on Java with the same name Processing (or p5 for short) made by John Resig, the...