Learn about Ruby's method introspection features while re-creating JavaScript's parameter destructuring. Join guest chef Brandon Weaver for this mind- and language-expanding episode!
Category: Episodes
Episode #564
Playfully experiment with potentially redesigns of your Rails code, by temporarily removing ActiveRecord dependencies that would otherwise cramp your creative style. Guest chef Nick Sutterer shows you how!
Episode #563
Ruby's open classes are both powerful, and a fertile ground for creating technical debt. In part 2 of 2, rejoin guest chef Jordan Raine to discover how to responsibly monkey-patch …
Episode #562
Sometimes a 3rd-party library or framework doesn't work quite the way you need. Join guest chef Jordan Raine to learn how to interactively explore library code until you find the …
Episode #561
Join guest chef Adam Fernung to build a simple Ruby REPL---and in the process, learn how the Binding class enables dynamic reflection of the current variable scope!
Episode #560
What is the best way to learn an API? Manuals? Tutorial? In this episode, follow along with me in a live exploration of the Ruby CSV library using IRB, and …
Episode #559
Let's talk about asynchronous code. How do we manage parallel-but-interdependent workflows without losing its place or wasting time? In the first of a series, we'll start by getting a handle …
Episode #558
Discover how to use Ruby's yield_self/then method to organize methods into neat pipelines of operations! Join guest chef Nithin Bekal for an educational and satisfying refactoring sequence.
Episode #557
In the final entry in our series on ROM with guest Tim Riley, get ready for a quick tour through some more advanced ROM features. You'll get a sense of …
Episode #556
Today, Guest chef Tim Riley continues our tour of the ROM persistence gem. Learn how ROM uses the concept of Changesets to cleanly manage writes to the database!