ruby 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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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