One peculiarity of Ruby that trips up a lot of programmers migrating from other languages is the fact that while it has true and false types, they don't share a […]
Episode #605
StimulusJS
JS framworks are great for richly interactive client-side applications. But what if we just want to take a typical Rails app and spruce it up with a little bit of …
Episode #604
Extended Regex Syntax
Regular expressions are sometimes accused of being a write-only language. Learn how to clarify your patterns with Ruby's extended regex syntax!
Episode #603
Function Composition Operators
Ruby's support for functional programming has expanded and matured. Join guest chef Devon Estes and learn to use some features added in Ruby 2.6 to quickly and concisely compose functions …
Episode #602
Module Builder Pattern – Part 2
Join guest Chris Salzberg as he demonstrates how to implement a foundational Ruby metaprogramming technique: the Module Builder pattern.
Episode #601
Module Builder Pattern – Part 1
Love it or hate it, metaprogramming is an undeniable part of Ruby programming lore and culture. In part one of two, join guest chef Chriz Salzberg in exploring how how …
Episode #600
Git Storytelling – Part 3
Sometimes, we realize that something was just a little bit wrong in that last commit. Brooke Kuhlmann joins us one more time to demonstrate the git amend command. You'll see …
Episode #599
Git Storytelling – Part 2
Guest chef Brooke Kuhlmann is back, to demonstrate how we can use git's fixup and rebase to rewrite our git history into a more coherent narrative before it's shared with …
Episode #598
Git Storytelling – Part 1
Join guest chef Brooke Kuhlmann to see how git's interactive rebasing feature can help us tell better stories about our code changes. And learn some handy git aliases along the …
Episode #597
Demystifying the View
One of the best ways to understand the tech stack we're working with is to re-create parts of it ourselves. Join Federico Iachetti as he de-mystifies the web view layer …