These episodes feature guest chefs
Category: Guest Episodes
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 #596
Partial Function Application
If you've ever read about functional programming, you might have run across the concept of "currying". But what is currying, exactly, and how does it help us? Join guest chef …
Episode #594
Test Substitute
Join guest chef Nathan Ladd to learn about a third way between full-stack and mocked-out isolation testing: test substitutes that are maintained alongside a production API.
Episode #586
Don’t Use Greater-Than
You know there are some programming language features you're just not supposed to use: goto. Global variables. The greater-than operator. Wait, the greater-than operator?! Find out why, in this guest …