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assert_required Plugin 0.1.2

over 5 years ago by Christian on xml-blog.
Ok, by popular demand (and a nagging feeling), I reworked the iteration code to be a bit more idiomatic. No user-visible changes in this release (and I...

assert_required Plugin Updated

over 5 years ago by Christian on xml-blog.
Just a small update, but one worth getting. assert_required now conforms the the convention of supplying an optional message as the final parameter. A word...

New Rails Plugin: assert_required

over 5 years ago by Christian on xml-blog.
I finally caved in and packaged up the custom assertion as a Rails plugin, which is something I’ve been meaning to do for a while. Admittedly, there...

Keep DRY When Unit Testing a Model's Required Fields

almost 6 years ago by Christian on xml-blog.
A pattern that comes up over and over again is unit testing required fields on models. I created a custom assertion to keep DRY. You pass it the class of...

Lispy Stuff with Ruby

almost 6 years ago by Christian on xml-blog.
I recently ran across the RLisp library for embedding Lisp in Ruby. I think it’s a neat little project, if only for academic reasons. I’ve...

3 Great Tools for Rails

almost 6 years ago by Christian on xml-blog.
Recent weeks have seen some great new tools for building, debugging, and architecting Rails applications. Kent Sibilev released ruby-debug which seems to...

MarkaBoo 0.7.3 - Exports, Syntax Highlighting

almost 6 years ago by Christian on xml-blog.
Lots of goodies in this new release. Here’s a rundown: Bookmark exporting By popular demand, we’ve added the ability to export your bookmarks...

MarkaBoo Update

almost 6 years ago by Christian on xml-blog.
The last few days have been dizzying and exciting. MarkaBoo has been spotted on ZDNet, Ruby Weekly News, TechCrunch, and lots of blogs. The response has...

MarkaBoo 0.7.1 Bugfix Release

almost 6 years ago by Christian on xml-blog.
New License == More Freedom One of the first things the community had a strong reaction to was the NonCommercial clause of the Creative Commons license...

Daddies and Web Apps Feeling the Love

almost 6 years ago by Christian on xml-blog.
Rails Day What an amazing weekend! Like many of you, I got caught up watching the Rails Day 2006 excitement and spent some time in the Campfire chat room...