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CruiseControl.rb Growl Notifier Plugin

~5 years ago by Dan Manges on Dan Manges.
If you haven't been satisfied by any existing continuous integration tools for Ruby, try CruiseControl.rb - I tried it today, and it's great. Version 1...

Start Mocking

over 5 years ago by Dan Manges on Dan Manges.
I recently began converting tests in a project from using fixtures to relying more on mocking and stubbing. I'm using RSpec for one project, FlexMock with...

config.plugins exclusion

over 5 years ago by Dan Manges on Dan Manges.
Rails 1.2 will have a configuration option to specify plugins to load per environment. This is useful to specify plugin load order and only load specific...

Finding Unused Code in Rails

over 5 years ago by Dan Manges on Dan Manges.
Using rcov along with your tests is great - you can quickly identify untested code. But what if you want to find unused code? Just because you have a...

Oracle CLOBs in Rails

over 5 years ago by Dan Manges on Dan Manges.
Now that the application I have been working on at JPMorgan Chase is live in production, my team has been looking into performance. In less than a month...

Rails Podcast

over 5 years ago by Dan Manges on Dan Manges.
I have an exciting announcement: My friend Josh Schairbaum and I are featured on the most recent Ruby on Rails podcast! The podcast focuses on how we...

Modifying CGI::Cookie

over 5 years ago by Dan Manges on Dan Manges.
One of the well-known benefits of Ruby is it allows you to modify any class at any time. This recently became invaluable for a project at work. We use...

Pluggable, Please

over 5 years ago by Dan Manges on Dan Manges.
Developers: make your applications pluggable. One strong similarity between Firefox and Rails is the ability for developers to write plugins (or extensions...

Not Upgrading Software

over 5 years ago by Dan Manges on Dan Manges.
As I am working on the next Life2Go (for Windows) upgrade, I have been spending time thinking about upgrading software in general. Thankfully, Kathy Sierra...

Embracing Constraints

over 5 years ago by Dan Manges on Dan Manges.
37signals uses the phrase "embracing constraints" frequently. According to Google, "embracing constraints" appears on 37signals.com about 46 times. It...