Things I liked about Peepcode's Refactoring with Ben Orenstein:
The refactoring process. I really enjoy watching the process of refining code. For me personally, I find 'refining' means making the code communicative of what it is...
Over the last little while, I've seen a focus on (or maybe it's a shift to) user experience in development blogs. I am always interested in getting better at UX practices. If you build software for people but are not...
A recent comment on my post linking to Trek Glowacki's Ember.js tutorial noted that there's been so much updates to Ember.js that things become obsolete so quickly. Happily as of Feb 15th Ember 1.0 RC1 has been released and, as per the release...
Rubygems.org was compromised through a malicious gem upload. the following is an excerpt from the googledoc document being used by the team with what looks like regular status updates of the situation. Link to the full document at the bottom of...
It's been a while since I've posted a Gems and Jewels. Actually it's been a while since I've posted... This is a short one that's motivated by my need to share one jewel of an article:
You are not paid to write software - a great...
Since it's been approaching a month since the last 'This week's Videos' entry.. The series title may need revisiting. I'll have to see if things get back to being more consistent.
I've had a...
It's been another while, though it's been for good reasons of a project finishing up and a new client coming on board.
Actually, to be more accurate, the notables since the last post:
Yay! Mocks! - Corey Haines - Aloha...
A little thin on noteworthy media this week, but I did find a couple good ones by Matt Wynne:
I'm a proponent of BDD and use cucumber in my personal and client projects. The next 3 vids by Matt Wynne demonstrate how...
I've decided to throw in podcasts in this section - I have a few regulars; RubyRogues and RubyFreelancers and lately the thoughBot podcast
Sandi Metz repeats for the second week, with her GoGaRuCo talk Go Ahead, Make a Mess
I think I'm probably not unique in my profession in that I watch A LOT of work-related videos. Videos on Ruby, Rails, UX, Design, Javascript / Front-end Frameworks. Most of the time, I play a video in a browser or player in the corner of my...