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Monthly Archives: March 2009
Go Fetch
I’m a fan of the #fetch method in Ruby. I’ve noticed that other Rubyists don’t use it as much as I do, so I thought I’d write a little bit about why I like it so much. First of all, … Continue reading
Writing Facades on Legacy Code
h2. The Setup Let’s say we have a system in production which manages college financial aid departments. Over the years it has accumulated a fairly complex object model for handling the many kinds of forms a financial aid department has … Continue reading
Smart Requires in Ruby
I have a lot of Ruby RSpec files that start out with a line something like this: require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), %w[.. spec_helper]) “This is boilerplate” thought I one day, “my editor should insert this line for me!” But there’s a problem: … Continue reading
