Explores Ruby's &:method shortcut for map, its limitations, and proposes a hack to allow mapping local methods.
A developer explains migrating his blog from WordPress to Jekyll, a static site generator, and his plans for future content.
A tutorial on creating a command-line Ruby gem from scratch using Bundler and RVM, covering project setup and executable creation.
A tutorial on creating a basic command line tool in Ruby, covering scripts, argument parsing, and OptionParser.
A developer shares a cleaner method for defining user authorization roles using the CanCan gem in Ruby on Rails.
A Ruby programming tutorial on how to write a program to check if a sentence is a pangram and find missing letters.
A tutorial on building a basic web scraper using the Nokogiri gem in Ruby to parse HTML and count word frequencies.
Explains why Ruby Hashes don't support dot syntax for property access and compares them to Classes, Structs, and OpenStructs.
A tutorial exploring Ruby's Date class, the Chronic natural language parser, and Active Support for date manipulation.
A beginner's guide to installing and using RVM (Ruby Version Manager) for managing Ruby versions and gemsets in Rails development.
Explains a common Ruby on Rails syntax error (missing comma) and discusses Ruby's optional parentheses for method arguments.
A beginner's guide to understanding and fixing the NoMethodError in Ruby on Rails 3, explaining its common causes.
Introduces Powify, a command-line gem for managing the Pow local Rack server for Mac, simplifying app and server management.
A participant's experience at Tokyo BarCamp 2009, covering discussions on mobile browsers, natural language parsing, and the hacker space movement.
A critique of the PHP programming language used on Obama's change.gov site, advocating for modern frameworks like Django or Rails.
