Monthly Archives: April 2006
Testing the controller
A couple things I found very handy today while setting up a functional test for a controller. First off, this controller relies on a user being logged in (but this isn't the controller that actually manages the login process). The … Continue reading
Filed under Agile Software Dev, rails, Ruby, Test Driven Development (TDD)
Breakpointer
As indicated in the documentation on the wiki, setting a breakpoint in your application is really really simple… so why didn’t I get it working in 5 seconds (like it should take)? I had it in my head that this … Continue reading
Rubicizing
So far so good. In a fairly short amount of time I have an application with some basic functionality + user management (register, signin, email confirmations, etc). Very simple = very nice. So far I’ve been leaning pretty heavily on: … Continue reading
Filed under Agile Software Dev, rails, Ruby, SQL
Cutting back on the feeds
Lots going on in the last month or so and I’ve fallen _way_ behind on my feed monitoring… from friends to tech to just miscelaneous fun stuff, I just haven’t been able to keep up. So, I’ve cut way back … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
Seeking Alpha
Well, it’s been a whirlwind of a last week but I’ve gone from not having any new employment opportunities on my radar (and not really looking for any) to accepting a new position! It became official last Friday – 4/7 … Continue reading
One Web App
I'm happy to report that the tutorial app is now fully functional. Just one chapter remains: Testing. <sarcasm> and since testing is basically of no importance: I think I can just count it as completed</sarcarsm>
Filed under Agile Software Dev, rails, Ruby
Shock and Awe
Seems like with every new piece of the tutorial, I'm following comes another new 1-3 lines of code that just makes me say "that's it?". The incredible thing really is that you encounter them about 3 times a chapter!There are … Continue reading
Filed under Agile Software Dev, rails, Ruby
