All episodes published in 2013
Category: Season 2
Episode #164: Mapper
Today we explore a pattern for bridging the gap between different domain models.
Episode #163: YAML::Store
Today we follow up on the last episode to talk about YAML::Store. It's like PStore, only with YAML!
Episode #162: PStore
In today's episode we take a look at PStore, a simple but capable persistence mechanism that ships with Ruby.
Episode #161: Thread Local Variable
Today's episode introduces the concept of thread-local variables, and shows how they can be put to use in an ActiveRecord-like library.
Episode #160: Reduce Redux
Today we revisit the Enumerable#reduce method, addressing some viewer feedback about seed values as well as exploring a novel application of reduce for traversing data structures.
Episode #159: Array Set Operations
Sometimes we'd like to treat Ruby arrays like sets, in which each item is unique. Today's dish shows how!
Episode #158: Constant Lookup Scope
This episode takes a look at some potentially surprising rules for how Ruby looks up constants. Notes: "Everything you ever wanted to know about constant lookup in Ruby", by Conrad …
Episode #157: Lockstep Testing
In this episode we'll explore a novel technique for testing multithreaded code. The lockstep library can be found here: https://github.com/avdi/lockstep
Episode #156: Array New with James Edward Gray II
Today, special guest chef James Edward Gray II hosts, and shows us a thing or two about generating arrays pre-filled with values!