Reopening Ruby Classes
In Ruby the implementation of a class is not closed. In Ruby, it is incredibly easy to add new methods to any existing class at runtime, even core system classes like String, Array, and Fixum. You just...
View ArticleThe Rubyist: July 2009 Edition
Here is a recap of the top Ruby-related links for the month of July 2009. Links for The Rubyist are provided by A Rubyist Railstastic Adventure, a tumblelog. Ruby The Great Ruby IDE Smackdown of ’09...
View ArticleThe Rubyist: August 2009 Edition
Here is a recap of the top Ruby-related links for the month of August 2009. Links for The Rubyist are provided by A Rubyist Railstastic Adventure, a tumblelog. Ruby Ruby5 Podcast – Episode #1 Ruby...
View ArticleThe Rubyist: September 2009 Edition
Here is a recap of the top Ruby-related links for the month of September 2009. Links for The Rubyist are provided by A Rubyist Railstastic Adventure, a tumblelog. Ruby Ruby apps development readied for...
View ArticleJamming with Ruby YAML
When working with Ruby, the library/class I use and abuse most often is YAML. YAML stands for YAML Ain’t Markup Language and it is a versatile human friendly data serialization format. It is easier to...
View ArticleDownload Twitter Profile Images Using Ruby
Recently, I gave myself the small task of going through all my Twitter retries and downloading each profile image from each Twitter user that replied to me. To access my Twitter replies I used the...
View ArticleFavorite Programming Quotes 2009
When I am not coding I am reading about code. Here is a short list of memerable programming quotes I read over the past year about the science and art of software development. Over this last year, my...
View ArticleQuotable DHH 2009
David Heinemeier Hansson, commonly referred as DHH, is a polarizing programmer with a self professed fucking potty-mouth. He is opinionated and uncensored. He is a world renowned hater, he hates big...
View ArticleTechKnow Year In Review 2009
It is that time of year where we reflect on the accomplishments of the passing year and look forward to the one to come. Here is a window into the past year in technology through this year’s popular...
View ArticleThe Learning Library
I’ve always been a book lover. I have a private collection of Ruby, Perl, and Java books, amongst other topics, that would make a public library jealous. In fact, I recently moved and was surprised...
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