Tag: reflection

Episode #566

Dynamic Understanding of Dynamic Systems

Paul Ort March 4, 2019

Ruby's open core classes can be modified at any time by any code you load. But this dynamism can work for you as well. Join guest Paul Stefan Ort for …

Episode #565

Parameter Destructuring

Brandon Weaver February 25, 2019

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!

Episode #563

Explore and Extend – Part 2

Jordan Raine February 11, 2019

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

Explore and Extend – Part 1

Jordan Raine February 4, 2019

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

Building a REPL

Adam Fernung January 29, 2019

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!