This sort of "code formatting" isn't about correctness, it's about aesthetics, all in aid of making the code easier to read. Typography doesn't address what should be written but rather how it should be presented to make what was written as readable as possible.
§ How We Built eBay's First Node.js Application .
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- JJinuxLand: Linux: Fish Hanging
…IBM to Deliver Keynote Address at # ChefConf 2013 on the Role of Code in Defining the Next Generation of Enterprise Productivity SAN FRANCISCO - April 25, 2013 - From # ChefConf 2013 , Opscode® , the foundation of the coded business, today announced it is collaborating with IBM to bring the full power of Opscode Chef™ and the Open Source Chef Community to enterprise businesses. IBM SmartCloud is built upon an open …
- Blog on Applicake's ideas, Ruby on Rails and Internet start-ups: Who really needs Amazon cloud?
- AkitaOnRails.com - English: Cooking Solo with Chef
- Momoro Machine: Getting started with Chef -- A tutorial
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- A Fresh Cup: Double Shot #1073
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The road to ‘ Code Can' began with identifying a trend we're seeing happen throughout the the business landscape. From Fortune 100 enterprises to Web 2.0 startups, Information Technology is becoming the primary delivery platform for goods and services and the primary means of engaging consumers. The real-world examples are right in front of us - mobile banking, e-commerce, online insurance claims, media and entertainment, the list grows daily. And so, organizations of all sizes …
- New Relic: Removing the Operating System Barrier with Platform as a Service (PAAS) - a guest post from Adron Hall
- AkitaOnRails.com - English: Cooking Solo with Chef
- Momoro Machine: Getting started with Chef -- A tutorial
- Engine Yard Developer Blog: Using Chef for DevOps Innovations
- Rails Dog: Generating Thousands of PDFs on EC2 with Ruby
- Edd Dumbill's Weblog: Behind the Times: Speaking about Chef at RailsConf
Headed to Helsinki
But we're not just keeping our Foundation Tour within U.S. borders. We're headed across the Atlantic over to Helsinki, Finland, which was declared the World Design Capital in 2012. Jonathan will be a speaker and guest at Webshaped 2013 on May 23, 2013 . This isn't our first international event. Last year, we sent Matt Kelly, Product Lead and Partner, to London. However, this is our …
…worn many hats: inventor of the Wiki, co-creator of Extreme Programming, Code For a Better World Fellow, CTO, published author, and more. But we think he may have save the best for last — Staff Engineer at New Relic.
"We've always referred to Ward as the ‘accelerator,' one who can see the possibilities beyond the status quo and bring out the very best in the team," says our VP of Engineering, Bjorn Freeman-Benson . "With his belief in …
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- Engine Yard Developer Blog: Engine Yard Cloud Out Loud S01E06: New Relic RPM Bronze is FREE!!
- JJinuxLand: PyCon: Introspecting Running Python Processes
- RailsTips by John Nunemaker: EventMachine and Passenger
Coveralls - Code coverage as a service.
Stop working (so hard) - I agree that you need to know when to take a break. I'm less convinced that 35 hours is the magic maximum for everyone.
Codepen - Nice-looking HTML/CSS/ JS playground.
Shoulda Matchers 2.0 - Changes consist mostly of removing things to keep it light.
Routing and Performance on Heroku: a FAQ : Extensive discussion from Heroku of recent poerformance issues and what …
- Ruby Inside: The Mega Ruby News and Release Roundup for May 2012
- RubyLearning Blog: A Free Course on Sinatra
- Global Nerdy: At the Ottawa Rails 3.1 Hackfest
- Giles Bowkett: Heroku-Style Deployment On EC2
- Mike Perham: Optimizing Heroku
- Article RSS Feed: August 2009 Meeting
…developers from programs like Hackbright Academy and Portland Code School so we can continue to add awesome engineers to our team.
Not only do we give back by providing interns opportunities, we also benefit tremendously from the perspective and enthusiasm they bring. It's very similar to how you "get more out of the experience of volunteering/helping others than you give". We look forward to many more pleasant surprises as we learn and are challenged by these …
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- Ruby Inside: New Relic RPM Officially Supports Rack and Sinatra - Finally!
- High Scalability: New Relic Architecture - Collecting 20+ Billion Metrics a Day
- Heroku: Better Queuing Metrics With Updated New Relic Add-On
- RailsBridge News: Do One Thing for Rails 3 on January 16th and 17th
- SD Ruby Podcast: Episode 115: You're a Manager. Now What?
ActionCost - Rails 3 engine to track the SQL cost of your controller actions.
Today's Email Incident - Never mind GitHub's email, you need to look into the changes in Rails scope chaining before deploying 3.2.13.
Launching Today: Security Monitor by Code Climate - Scanner to spot vulnerabilities in your Rails applications.
Flame Graphs in Ruby MiniProfiler - Pretty cool graphics for performance analysis.
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- giant robots smashing into other giant robots: A Healthy Bundle
- Ruby Inside: This Week in Ruby: MRI 1.9.3-p327, Rails 3.2.9, Capybara 2.0, and the Fukuoka Ruby Award
- Hobo Blog: Rails SQL injection vulnerability
- Ruby-coloured glasses: Making views/triggers/functions work in mysql for rails
- Engine Yard Developer Blog: Next Weekend: Rails Girls in SF!
The describe method is actually defined within the module RSpec:: Code::DSL , but this module is extended into self at the top level of the running Ruby interpreter (which is main , a singleton instance of Object ), making the methods in that module available to call in your spec files. You can actually see all of the modules that have been extended into this instance:
require "rspec/core" self . class . ancestors # => [Object, Kernel, BasicObject] class << self ancestors …
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- David Chelimsky: rspec-2.7.0 is released!
- SD Ruby Podcast: Episode 046: RSpec in 15 minutes
- Tender Lovemaking: Easy Markup Validation
- PaulBarry.com: Customizing Generators in Rails 3
- alexjsharp.com - Home: Focus on what your object DOES, not what it IS
…receive a reply. Soon after, Mr. Stephenson wrote a blog post called You Are Not Your Code :
While all this is true, in context it seems hectoring, unnecessary, …
- A Fresh Cup: Double Shot #1031
- Fingertips: Boss guide to installing Ruby on Rails
- Trevor Turk: Links for 09-26-11
- Signal vs. Noise: Setting up a new machine for Ruby development
- Ruby Inside: rbenv: A Simple, New Ruby Version Management Tool
- niczsoft: what you should know about rbenv and RVM