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Automatic Request Parameters in Tests

almost 6 years ago by David Goodlad on Tampering with Technology.
In my current project, I use some controllers that always take a specific parameter, due to some ‘nesting’ of my domain models. In this case...

RailsConf Europe Schedule

almost 6 years ago by David Goodlad on Tampering with Technology.
The schedule for RailsConf Europe has been posted, and it seems I’m up first! (well, actually, after two hours of DHH and Kathy Sierra, but first...

Rails Documentation Drive

almost 6 years ago by David Goodlad on Tampering with Technology.
Want to help make Rails’ documentation better, but don’t actually have the time to invest? How about investing some cash instead? There...

Typo Themes via Capistrano

almost 6 years ago by David Goodlad on Tampering with Technology.
Using the railsmachine gem with Capistrano to deploy Typo is a great way to maintain my blog’s software. However, I decided to play around with some...

simply_restful in Rails Core

almost 6 years ago by David Goodlad on Tampering with Technology.
Now that Rick has integrated the functionality of the simply_restful plugin with Rails Core, the interest in RESTful design in Rails is bound to increase...

RESTful Frustration

almost 6 years ago by David Goodlad on Tampering with Technology.
I am a big fan (so far) of the recent push in the Rails community to design more RESTful controllers that keep to basic CRUD operations. However, I’...

Speaking at RailsConf Europe

almost 6 years ago by David Goodlad on Tampering with Technology.
If you’re going to be attending RailsConf Europe, I hope that you’ll come out and see/hear me speak there! I’ll be delivering a talk...

Back in Action!

almost 6 years ago by David Goodlad on Tampering with Technology.
After a long period of inactivity and a broken blogging system, Tampering with Technology is back and ready for action. I may try to import the old articles...

RailsConf Talk: Complete!

over 5 years ago by David Goodlad on Tampering with Technology.
I just finished delivering my talk, “Rails Speaks ‘C’,” at RailsConf Europe. It went fairly well, with a reasonably-sized audience...

Do you have ADD?

over 5 years ago by David Goodlad on Tampering with Technology.
No, I don’t mean Attention Deficit Disorder. In a late-night discussion after RailsConf Europe, the term ‘ADD’ was thrown around as...