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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Class.new and .inherited()
In Ruby, the typical way to define a class is using the class keyword: class Foo # … end The class keyword, however, is effectively just syntax sugar for the Class constructor: Foo = Class.new # … end Using Class.new … Continue reading
Switching to Disqus
I’ve been pretty unsatisfied with the default WordPress commenting system for a number of reasons. And I’ve received several complaints about the way OpenID was being handled in comments. I’ve switched the comments over to being managed by “Disqus”:http://disqus.com. Hopefully … Continue reading
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Always something new
After 5-6+ years of working with Ruby, I am still periodically reminded of features I’d forgotten about. Today it was the fact that you can override the backtick operator: >> def `(cmd) >> puts “Do you really want to #{cmd}?” … Continue reading
The Trifecta of FAIL; or, how to patch Rails 2.0 for Ruby 1.8.7
It’s an oft-stated fact that most disasters result not from a single point of failure but from a combination of failures reinforcing each other. I wouldn’t term the problem I ran into last Friday a disaster, but it certainly cost … Continue reading
