ruby - Sublime Coding

Fun With Gsub

During a recent ruby meetup we touched on some finer points of ruby's global substitution method. That's right gsub, likely you have used it in your every day ruby code and never knew all the things it could do. The most common usage of gsub is for simple pattern match

ruby on rails

Remove Turbolinks from Rails 4

If you don't want to use Turbolinks with your Rails 4 app. Remove turbolinks gem from your Gem file. remove the following line gem 'turbolinks' After you remove that line run a bundle install to update your gem file and dependencies. Remove turbolinks javascript includes In your application.js file

general

My Experience at RailsConf 2015

My trip started off like any other cross country trip I’ve taken: I packed my bags and headed for the airport. I was super excited for the upcoming conference and my very first RailsConf. I’ve been to many software engineering conferences, but none with a ruby and rails

software

Software Craftsmanship

Software craftsmanship is a skill, and like any other skill it takes time to learn and even greater time to master. Mastering your craft is something you should strive for. It's not something that is easy or just comes with time. You will need to actively seek to be a

coldfusion

Ruby vs ColdFusion: Why I chose to switch

I get asked quite frequently "What made you switch from ColdFusion to Ruby?". The truth is, ColdFusion is kind of a dead end. I'm not saying its a dying language, in fact far from it. The language is used by many large companies and its growing according to

gem

Scrypt Gem Native Extension Build Errors

Gem installation errors can be very frustrating for Ruby beginners and advanced users alike. Recently I encountered a gem installation error on OSX Mavericks with a fresh install and brand new macbook pro. ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. I recieve this error during a bundle install of a

debugging

Debugging: An Exercise in Thinking

One of the most important skills to learn as a programmer is how to debug an issue. More often then not your day will be spent debugging issues from small syntax errors you wrote while typing too quickly, to larger errors that do not fail critically and actully preform a

css

Bootstrap Glyphicons won’t show up in Rails

If you are having issues with the Glyphicons showing up in your Rails project. Add this line to the top of your file where you are importing Bootstrap. Make sure it is above the import ‘bootstrap’ line. $icon-font-path: 'bootstrap/'; @import 'bootstrap'; Additionally if you have the issue above you

ruby

Don’t be a Ruby Robot

So recently I encountered a complaint about the students coming out of the the developer bootcamps. I guess this is true of any student in any number of fields; however, somewhere along the way they choose not to think objectively and just regurgitate what they are taught. Perhaps it is

ruby on rails

Using Nokogiri to parse XML

So recently I found myself needing to parse some XML. This is a quite ordinary task in most languages. In ruby this task is made very easy with the use of the gem ‘Nokogiri’. Roughly translated Nokogiri means ‘Saw’. I can only assume this is a reference to the fact

learning

Learning Resources for Ruby on Rails

I have spent some time finding and taking nearly every Ruby on Rails tutorial I could find. Every time I go through one of the tutorials my skills get a little better and the basics get drilled in. I also gain some insight into a new aspect of Ruby or