Dealing with randomly failing tests from a team perspective
One of the things that can negatively impact a team morale is random builds - builds where sometimes some tests are failing. Inspired by Martin Fowler's article on Quarantine, in some of our projects we came up with a guideline how we can fix the problem as a team.
Relive the Biggest Takeaways from INBOUND Conference 2016 in Eight Minutes
It was my first time at INBOUND, and it was the biggest conference I’d ever attended. I was surrounded by the people who create Facebook Ads, YouTube videos, and Snapchat filters for a living.
Options for adding a blog to a Rails application
TL;DR: roll your own.
Ruby 2.4 unifies Fixnum and Bignum into Integer
Ruby 2.4 has unified Fixnum and Bignum into Integer class. It has also deprecated usage of Fixnum and Bignum
Ruby 2.4 implements Array#min and Array#max
Ruby 2.4 implements Array#min and Array#max to find the minimum and maximum value of the array
Decomposing Monolithic View Systems
When we break down a monolithic app into microservices, we go through a process known as decomposition. Simply put: This process can be a bit overwhelming. After all, if you have a really large monolith, you have a ton of code to organize and decompose! Because of this, I believe decomposition is best implemented as […]
One request can be multiple commands
It took me many years to understand the simple truth. One HTTP request sent by a browser may include a few separate logical commands. One request does not always equal one logical command.
Building D3 Components with React: Part 2
Part 2: Adding Animation In Part 1, we created a basic D3 component with React that responds to updates. We can take this a step further if we want. Animation is one of the things D3 does really well, but the details can be a bit challenging at first. We can abstract these away in our […]
Rack-App: A Performant and Pragmatic Web Microframework
From Novice to Ninja: How to Master Using Plugins in Rails
[special]This article is an excerpt from "Rails: Novice To Ninja" by Glenn Goodrich and Patrick Lenz. You can purchase the full version of this book here.[/special]