Overcoming Primitive Obsession

Ruby primitives are so powerful that we use them everywhere in our code, even when we shouldn't. Learn how to overcome this kind of maintenance problems.

Ruby Memoization using Singleton Method

ruby, ruby on rails, memoization, singleton, singleton method.

Are service objects enough?

There have been a lot of buzz around service objects in Ruby community. So how does the perfect implementation of service objects looks to me?

Running Ruby apps in production

I’ve been working on a number of Ruby applications which have a requirement to run a few different types of process — web servers, workers, crons — in order for the app to function fully. I wrote down a quick list of the things that my ideal process manager would do.

Not the full truth about decorators

Gem draper is not a decorator! And cells too. Ivan Shamatov, the mentor, will tell you what a true decorator is. With real-life examples which will be very useful in your Ruby On Rails applications.

How to design APIs that don’t suck

Other developers actually have to use the APIs you design. So don’t let those APIs suck. If you don’t want hordes of angry programmers to descend on your home in the middle the night with torches and pitchforks, you need to design them right.

How To Accept Over-Engineering For What It Really Is

The devil is in the details (or in the lack of it)

Mocks Aren't Stubs

Explaining the difference between Mock Objects and Stubs (together with other forms of Test Double). Also the difference between classical and mockist styles of unit testing.

em-midori

Lightweight, Flexible and Fast Ruby Web Framework