Peter Cooper

Tools of the trade

Peter Cooper of Ruby Inside recently asked if people wanted to write about the things that they use in their development work. So I jumped squarely onto that band wagon…

RPCFN: Mazes (#5)

RubyLearning wishes all its readers and their friends and families a happy, healthy 2010. Thanks to everyone for the support and encouragement this year. It’s been a fun and rewarding year and we do appreciate all that you contribute to this site.

The Ruby Show 103: Dan edition.

Episode #103 Dan edition.

Rails Envy Podcast – Episode #103

Episode #103 Dan edition.

RailsTutorial.org: Michael Hartl's Awesome New Rails Tutorial

railstutorial.pngRailsTutorial.org, a.k.a.

9 New Ruby Libraries To Check Out

love-your-library.pngI love checking out new Ruby libraries, and recently many new ones have passed my eyes. The most prominent releases get their own post on Ruby Inside, but often there are less significant libraries that I'd struggle to write 100 words about yet still contribute to Ruby's lifeblood. This post aims to round up a selection of my recent discoveries.

RPCFN: Short Circuit (#3)

RPCFN: Average Arrival Time For A Flight (#2)

Ruby Programming Challenge For Newbies

RPCFN: Average Arrival Time For A Flight (#2)

By Chris Strom

Thank you for the very encouraging response to the first-ever “Ruby Programming Challenge For Newbies (RPCFN)“. The second Ruby challenge is from Chris Strom.

Rails Envy Podcast – Episode #094: 10/02/2009

Episode #094. Dan Benjamin (Playgrounder, Hivelogic) is back this week and we had some help from Adam Keys with stories. Also, I shamelessly steal a Mitch Hedberg joke and apply it to Rackspace.

In case you missed it last week, we’re now accepting stories and feedback to @railsenvy on Twitter. You know, if you feel like letting us know about something.

Watchr: A Flexible, Generic Alternative to AutoTest

watcherWatchr is a continuous-testing tool by Martin Aumont in the vein of Autotest (part of the ZenTest package).

At its heart, Watchr basically watches any (or all!) of your project's files, then executes arbitrary Ruby code of your choice when things change.  Watchr configuration takes such a form:

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