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Query actions in Rails controllers 14 May 2013 | 08:04 pm
Recently some of my controller actions have taken on a definite new shape. Particularly when the action is a read-only query of the app’s state. Such actions tend to make up the bulk of my apps, and t...
Why shorter methods are better 30 Jan 2013 | 07:40 pm
TL;DR Longer methods are more likely to need to change when the application changes. The Longer Story Shorter methods protect my investment in the code, in a number of ways. First: Testability. I expe...
A testing strategy 18 Jan 2013 | 08:51 pm
The blog post Cucumber and Full Stack Testing by @tooky sparked a very interesting Twitter conversation, during the course of which I realised I had fairly clear views on what tests to write for a web...
I’m growing a mo 4 Nov 2012 | 05:30 pm
Two years ago the fantastic staff at Macclesfield hospital saved my life. To cut a long story short, my colon burst due to diverticular disease; Mr Khan and Mr Hadjiloucas correctly diagnosed it and o...
The problem with code smells 3 Sep 2012 | 01:41 pm
Like most developers I know, I have used code smells to describe problems in code since I first heard about them. The idea was introduced by Kent Beck in Fowler’s Refactoring back in 1999, and has tak...
Hexagonal rails: Rake tasks are adapters 11 Jul 2012 | 11:53 pm
If I’m thinking about my Rails app in terms of a hexagonal architecture , I find it also pays to consider every rake task to be an Adapter. Thus: Picture: @rosieemackenzie The true picture is a li...
Hexagonal rails: Hiding the finders 6 Jul 2012 | 10:30 pm
This is a brief follow-up to the Hexagonal Rails sessions I did last week at the Scottish Ruby Conference with Matt and Steve . We tried to cram a 3-day course into 45 minutes, with inevitable consequ...
The wrong duplication (reprise) 23 Dec 2011 | 11:56 pm
I came across this old post again today, and I still like what it has to say: The Wrong Duplication . Maybe I should add a code example…?
Global Day of Coderetreat 17 Nov 2011 | 01:43 am
In case you hadn’t noticed, XP-Manchester is running a Coderetreat as part of the Global Day of Coderetreat on December 3rd 2011 . You can find out everything you need to know by visiting our page o...
Ubuntu, mysql and rails 11 Nov 2011 | 01:16 am
I just upgraded my work laptop to Ubuntu Natty Narwhal, and then I found all my rails projects broken. Whenever I tried to run up a rails server, I got this: $ rails server => Booting WEBrick => Rai...
