I didn't. The box I was setting up CruiseControl.rb on today had some crazy early version of Ruby 1.8.6 and so test failures returned a code of '0'. Which meant the build would not fail until I upgraded to a more modern 1.8.6. Patch level 114 did the trick. Why are we using 1.8.6 on a new project? Well mostly so we can run along side an older...

I didn't. The box I was setting up CruiseControl.rb on today had some crazy early version of Ruby 1.8.6 and so test failures returned a code of '0'. Which meant the build would not fail until I upgraded to a more modern 1.8.6. Patch level 114 did the trick. Why are we using 1.8.6 on a new project? Well mostly so we can run along side an older...

Fred Polgardy and I were looking up how to find out what path in the browser corresponds to what controller/action combination in a Rails application today and I realized that I've looked this up before... So I'm putting this information here so I can find it in the future:(from inside the console)>>...

Fred Polgardy and I were looking up how to find out what path in the browser corresponds to what controller/action combination in a Rails application today and I realized that I've looked this up before... So I'm putting this information here so I can find it in the future:(from inside the console)>>...

Lately I've been working with this guy Felix who likes to rip the application into shreds when confronted with a problem. Initially, it's a bit scary. I know we have source control and we can get it all back, but ripping out large crucial swaths of code just seems so violent and yet it's a pretty effective strategy.On this one project we've had...

Lately I've been working with this guy Felix who likes to rip the application into shreds when confronted with a problem. Initially, it's a bit scary. I know we have source control and we can get it all back, but ripping out large crucial swaths of code just seems so violent and yet it's a pretty effective strategy.On this one project we've had...

Recently we deployed to production without a key bugfix and my assumptions about git were to blame. We, like other people who use git, do a lot of our bug fixing in a branch and then merge it into master when it's time to release. So here's the procedure for the guy who's turn it is to do a deploy (which was me):Do a 'git pull origin master' in...

Recently we deployed to production without a key bugfix and my assumptions about git were to blame. We, like other people who use git, do a lot of our bug fixing in a branch and then merge it into master when it's time to release. So here's the procedure for the guy who's turn it is to do a deploy (which was me):Do a 'git pull origin master' in...

So my friend Leah has lots of ideas. And one of them was that people would pay money for a screeching cat sound on their iPhone. Everyone within earshot thought about it and the consensus was that, yeah, I might pay a dollar for that. So Leah and I set about working on the iMeow application but the iPhone development one-two punch of...

So my friend Leah has lots of ideas. And one of them was that people would pay money for a screeching cat sound on their iPhone. Everyone within earshot thought about it and the consensus was that, yeah, I might pay a dollar for that. So Leah and I set about working on the iMeow application but the iPhone development one-two punch of...

Last night I chose quantity over quality and ate at a Brazilian steak house. Good times. Webrat: Rails Acceptance Testing Evolved Bryan Helmkamp (weplay) Bryan started out his presentation by handing out Tylenol for those who went out last night and Budwiser for those who didn't. The crowd was appreciative.Bryan show some typical Rails...

Last night I chose quantity over quality and ate at a Brazilian steak house. Good times. Webrat: Rails Acceptance Testing Evolved Bryan Helmkamp (weplay) Bryan started out his presentation by handing out Tylenol for those who went out last night and Budwiser for those who didn't. The crowd was appreciative.Bryan show some typical Rails...

If you're looking for the slides from my talk, you can find them (and everyone else's) here:http://en.oreilly.com/rails2009/public/schedule/proceedingsI feel like I must confess to you, faithful blog readers, that last night I ate a $240 steak at CraftSteak. But I do not apologize -- It was worth it.Before I give anyone at Obtiva a heart attack...

If you're looking for the slides from my talk, you can find them (and everyone else's) here:http://en.oreilly.com/rails2009/public/schedule/proceedingsI feel like I must confess to you, faithful blog readers, that last night I ate a $240 steak at CraftSteak. But I do not apologize -- It was worth it.Before I give anyone at Obtiva a heart attack...

My talk (Using MetricFu to make your Rails code better) went well. I'd say there were 200ish people in the crowd and they all seemed to enjoy it. There were a bunch of questions and some verbal commitments to contribute to MetricFu.Rails in the Large: How We're Developing the Largest (Enterprise) Rails Project in the World Neal Ford...