Asm.js and Web Development
As you can probably see from the code above Asm.js isn't designed to be written by hand. It's going to require some sort of tooling to write and it's going to require some rather drastic changes from how one would normally write JavaScript, in order to use. The most common use case for Asm.js right now is in applications complied from C/ C++ to JavaScript. Almost none of these applications interact with the DOM in a meaningful way, beyond …
- A Fresh Cup: Double Shot #969
5500 Flashcards on Web Development With Rails
Jack Kinsella has released a free set of 5500 questions and answers on various aspects of Ruby, Rails, JS and CoffeeScript development. They're designed to be used with Anki, a free open source flashcard viewer.
What is ARGF.class in Ruby 1.9?
A question on Stack Overflow shows off an interesting quirk in Ruby 1.9. Why does " ARGF.class" give such a curious response? Two respondents try …
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…for Rails put together by Sam Ruby. It essentially transcribes the Agile Web Development With Rails book into a series of very complete integration tests for Rails. When refactoring Rails for Rails 3, this suite was extremely useful, and helped keep the number of unintentional changes to Rails to a tiny number. It also kept us honest about intentional changes.
This suite is perfect for Tokaido, as it tests every aspect of Rails, which is itself touches a wide swath of …
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I finished reading most of Agile Web Development with Rails , fourth edition. This is the third edition that I've bought and read. I still love this book.
This edition is much shorter than the previous editions. I tend to read books cover-to-cover, so I appreciate when they aren't full of reference information that I can find online. I think this book struck the right balance of breadth, depth, and length. My buddy Shailen Tuli thought it was too short. Your mileage may vary.
- Riding Rails - home: Rails 3.2.0: Faster dev mode & routing, explain queries, tagged logger, store
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…generated for 3.2 as well, and there's a brand new 3.2-compatible version of Agile Web Development with Rails . A smörgåsbord indeed!
If you can't be bothered with the full release notes, here's a reprint of a few feature highlights from when we did the first release candidate:
Faster dev mode & routing
The most noticeable new feature is that development mode got a ton and a half faster. Inspired by Active Reload , we now only reload classes from …
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- has_many :through: Modularized Association Methods in Rails 3.2
- Jason Seifer: Using the Rails logger outside of models and controllers
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Rails and Web Development - Take the First Step
- Topics: FIRST
- RubyLearning Blog: So... you're new to Ruby!
- return 42;: The other side of the table: David Heinemeier Hansson
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- Developing with Style: My journey on Rails
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…professional web developer? Absolutely not. Is it as well written as, say, Agile Web Development with Rails . No. However, might it be a good way for a beginner to dip his toes in web development with Python and jQuery UI? Maybe.
(Disclaimers: Packt gave me a free electronic copy of this book in trade for my review. I have not read the whole thing. I did read the first 50 pages and skimmed various key sections.)
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Agile Web Development with Rails 4th ed now in print and shipping.
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- Engine Yard Developer Blog: Reuse your JavaScript as jQuery Plugins
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- » Product Launch Blog: What is the ideal Senior Developer skillset?
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…the Learning Rails podcast, and frequent contributor at Ruby, Web Development and Design conferences, meet-ups, and publications.
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Our team finds that we get the greatest leverage out of our existing collection of code snippets by organizing …
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