Introductions and tips for various useful development tools & utilities.
Category: Tools
Episode #131: Rake Rules
In this episode we learn how to write advanced Rake rules which programatically determine the appropriate prerequisites for a given target file.
Episode #130: Rake File lists
As we continue our series on Rake, today we look at the Rake::FileList and how it can help us find the files we need and ignore the ones we don't.
Episode #129: Rake
Today we begin a series on the Rake build tool. We'll be getting into some powerful, lesser-known features as we continue on; but we'll start out with a quick review …
Episode #123: Removing Debug Output
Have you ever had a project that spat out so much deubg output when it ran that you couldn't tell when it had a legitimate error or warning to report? …
Episode #056: xmpfilter
In this, the most requested RubyTapas episode ever, we'll take a look at xmpfilter, the program I use to evaluate Ruby expressions from within my editor.
Episode #053: Selectively Run Tests
Selectively running tests can be a lifesaver in a large codebase. This episode covers how to run just the tests you care about in both MiniTest and RSpec - including …