Testing Routes in Angular 2 etc.
March 2, 2017
Testing Routes in Angular 2
Dive back into Angular 2, and learn how to test routes in a new tutorial in our series on test-driven development with Angular 2 and Webpack.
Generating application documentation in Rails 5
Support for generating an HTML version of application documentation in Rails 5 was removed. Here's how to add it back.
Bundler Changed Where Your Canonical Ruby Information Lives: What You Need to Know
Heroku bumped its Bundler version to 1.13.7 almost a month ago, and since then we've had a large number of support tickets opened, many a variant of the following:
Test-Driven Development for JavaScript
Last updated:Tuesday, February 28, 2017JavaScript is handsdown the strangest language I’ve ever had to test. Its also one of the most popular ones out there right now. The influx of JavaScript developers tells us that a lot of modern-day web development is starting to focus more and more on the frontend. This trend is interesting […]
Ruby 2.4 now has Dir.empty? and File.empty? methods
No more platform specific code to check empty directories
5 Nontraditional Productivity Tools
I'll be honest – I love trying out new digital productivity and project management tools. I'm to the point where Product Hunt is generally a little too much of a rabbit hole for me, and I force a limit on the amount of time I spend checking it out. So it's no big surprise that anytime someone is looking over my shoulder, they often ask at least once, "Oh, what tool/app is that?." Most of the time, it's something I'm experimenting with and likely not in love with, but I've come to realize I have a couple long-standing tools that have made a huge difference in my DPM work-life that are a bit off the beaten path. These range from applications to browser extensions to built-in mac functionality. Some are free, but others require an investment. In all cases though, the investment feels like it has paid off.
Slicing up Rails Application.js for Faster Load Times
How to profile page load performance in Chrome and break out modular JavaScript assets.
JavaScript Tips: Redefining userAgent property
Karol Galanciak - Ruby on Rails and Ember.js consultant, building ambitious and high performant web applications.
No puddle of piranhas (SIGAVDI #31)
Radical vulnerability, blue-collar programming, and catchy acronyms.
Just starting out? Ditch the “full stack developer” label
The vagueness and confusion around the phrase “full stack developer” has been lingering for years. Google it and you’ll find plenty of discussion about why it’s such a loaded term. Given that long…