Do you routinely test your code? Are you using rcov to run code coverage reports for your tests? If you aren’t, you should be. rcov is a code coverage tool for Ruby that is available as a Gem or a Rails plugin. It can generate text or HTML reports outlining … Continue reading
Let’s say we’ve created a simple profile page to allow our users to update their e-mail address, locale, time zone, and various other settings. This profile page exposes only those model attributes that we want the user to be able to update. Other attributes on the model should not be … Continue reading
During the Ruby hack fest tonight the topic of Rails web hosts came up again. This seems to be a frequent topic of discussion lately. The usual questions are (1) which host is the best, and (2) which host is the cheapest? I thought I’d post my own recommendations here … Continue reading
Teascript is my latest Rails application. It’s scheduled to go live in mid-September. You can read more about it in the original announcement that I posted a few weeks ago. Beta testing for Teascript begins next week. I’m looking for a dozen or so people to help sanity check the … Continue reading
Teascript is a Rails-based web application I’ve been working on for about a month. It’s targeted towards home school parents and students who need to design a high school transcript with minimum fuss. Traditionally, this process has been quite involved. My own parents and I designed my transcript using an … Continue reading
Yes, I’ve left SAS, the world’s largest privately held software company. What would make me do such a thing? There were many factors involved in the decision, of course, but the primary reason was the opportunity to work full-time with Ruby on Rails from home. This will give me more … Continue reading
It’s mid-afternoon here in Chicago and RailsConf has just officially ended. There is a huge line of people out front of the hotel waiting to catch the next shuttle to O’Hare. I’ll need a few more days to properly digest the conference and write a more detailed overview of what … Continue reading
Tomorrow I fly to Chicago for the biggest Ruby bash so far this year: RailsConf 2006! Aside from getting to hear some wonderful keynote speakers and hang out with a herd of fellow Rubyists, many of my buddies from the Raleigh area (and elsewhere) will also be in attendance. It’ll … Continue reading
An old friend from a project I briefly worked on during my days at RoleModel Software just released a Rails-based open source Content Management System called Radiant this week. It looks pretty snappy! Add to that the fact that the Ruby-Lang web site will soon be using it and you’ve … Continue reading