Guides to the core and standard libraries, as well as selected Rubygems.
Category: APIs and Libraries
Episode #176: Dotenv
In this episode we look at a tool that I've found invaluable for managing configuration in my applications.
Episode #171: puts
Even the most basic of Ruby methods sometimes have hidden depth. Today we'll take a look at some advanced uses of the puts method.
Episode #170: Hash Merge
Today's episode covers an incredibly handy capability of Ruby's hashes that I didn't know about until recently.
Episode #168: Enumerable Internals
In this very special episode, guest chef Pat Shaughnessy takes us on a whirlwind tour of the Ruby internals that make the Enumerable#all? method tick.
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 #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 #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!