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Giant Robots Podcast Episode 63: Knowledge Bomb! 26 Aug 2013 | 09:57 pm
Giant Robots Podcast Episode 63: Knowledge Bomb!: Ben and Chad discuss mentoring, job hunting tips and FAQ Episode Notes and Links Subscribe via iTunes Subscribe via RSS Direct Download
${VISUAL}ize the future 23 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
Do you want to use mvim to edit your commit messages, SQL interactions, command-line prompts, and emails, but can’t seem to get it working? To understand why, and to understand the fix, we first need ...
Build Phase Podcast Episode 4: Coffee 21 Aug 2013 | 07:07 pm
Build Phase Podcast Episode 4: Coffee: In this episode of Build Phase, Mark and Gordon talk about testing, frameworks and public vs private interface. Episode Notes and Links Subscribe via iTunes ...
Getting my IE VM on 21 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
In testing applications visually across browsers, I’ve dealt with lot of different uninspiring but effective set ups. I have always been a fan of grabbing a spare PC and having IE tester or now IE9 in...
Giant Robots Podcast Episode 62: Family Business 19 Aug 2013 | 09:26 pm
Giant Robots Podcast Episode 62: Family Business: In this of episode of Giant Robots, Ben speaks with Natalie Nagele and Ilya Sabanin about Wildbit, Beanstalk, and work flow. Episode Notes and Links...
Pong clone in JavaScript 17 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
The ability to create interactive games in JavaScript is getting easier with the constant improvements to JavaScript engines and the ability for browsers to utilize the GPU. To demonstrate how easy it...
Implementing Multi-Table Full Text Search with Postgres in Rails 16 Aug 2013 | 11:43 pm
Easily searching across an application’s data is a pervasive need. If you are lucky, you can get away with simple sorting or searching on a single column, but it is more likely that you need full text...
Renderable Null Objects 15 Aug 2013 | 11:39 am
We’ve talked about Null Objects before, and how they can remove unwanted conditionals from your code. I’d like to talk about extending those benefits into your Rails views. Setting the scene Recentl...
Build Phase Episode 3: Create All The Objects! 14 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Build Phase Episode 3: Create All The Objects!: This week on Build Phase Gordon and Mark discuss the best tools, resources and methods for new iOS developers. Episode Notes and Links Subscribe via ...
Use RSpec.vim with tmux and Dispatch 12 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
(And Keep Your Screen Real Estate) As you may know, there are quite a few of us now working at thoughtbot. While we share a lot of the same opinions, we all work a little differently. Most of us are ...