waltermcginnis.com - Latest 50 Results in combined

Elabs: Capybara and testing APIs

2012-02-09T22:04:09Z

From the blog post: tl;dr: Use RackTest for testing APIs, use Capybara for testing user behavior. If you need more than that, gives background on why you should use RackTest

Tim Pope: A Note about Git Commit Messages

2012-02-08T03:32:10Z

Spells out good formatting for git commit messages in great detail with justifications. I'm not a huge fan of the suggestion of wrapping to be 80 column terminal sensitive (it

Trevor Turk: Bare Minimum HTML5 template

2012-02-07T03:54:45Z

Links to a gist of the absolute minimum HTML5 template code.

Platforma: My Five Favorite Hidden Features in Rails 3.2

2012-01-26T20:52:56Z

Some tips and tricks specific to the Ruby on Rails 3.2 release. Code samples demonstrating why they are improvements and how to use them. Content_tag_for , div_tag_for, improvements to syntax

Has Many Through: Modularized Association Methods in Rails 3.2

2012-01-21T02:34:14Z

Explains the usefulness of a small new feature in Rails 3.2 that allows for easier overriding of generated association methods. See the example at the end to fully grok it.

GigaOm: Matt Mullenweg (Wordpress.org/Automattic) - Open Web FTW

2012-01-11T22:40:56Z

Talks about the danger of the dominance of some social networks as platforms (Facebook, Google+) and contains this quote: The Internet needs a strong, independent platform for those of us

Ariejan.net: Removing untracked files and directories with git

2012-01-11T21:43:56Z

Talks about git clean.

MacWorld: Four Great Services You Don't Know About

2012-01-11T21:40:57Z

Some handy services for things like renaming files within the Finder and text capitalization.

MacWorld: Griffen Twenty AirPlay Amp

2012-01-09T20:50:45Z

Product description for powered AirPlay amp that should work with unpowered older speakers (i.e. maybe something good you pick up cheap or free).

MacWorld: How to build your own Airplay audio system

2012-01-09T20:46:19Z

Walks through options for building a system that you can push audio output through via Airplay. Something to think about for home/office speaker set ups.

MacWorld: How to use Services in Mac OS X

2012-01-09T20:36:30Z

A good overview to Services and how to make the most of them. Includes setting up keyboard shortcuts, etc.

RubyGlob: Generating API Documentation with rapi_doc

2012-01-06T02:33:01Z

Walks through how to use the rapi_doc gem to create HTML documenation for your RESTful API created with Rails.

RubyGlob: Suppressing IRB Output

2012-01-06T02:08:23Z

This describes the trick to suppres all the objects, etc. being returned in IRB. Handy when you are dealing with large collections.

John Barnette: On Rake

2012-01-06T01:39:38Z

Covers some lesser used rake aspects, such as :file and invoke vs execute.

Jay Fields' Thoughts: Testing Rake Tasks

2012-01-06T01:32:53Z

A quick tip on how to make rake tasks more testable by better encapsulation.

Jason Seifer: Rake Tutorial

2012-01-06T01:30:26Z

A nice primer on Rake. A good starting point for those completely new to Rake.

Ruby Quick Tips: Prevent rdoc and ri installation when installing a gem

2012-01-03T21:11:55Z

Give the breakdown on how to use ~/.gemrc (and the like) to stop documentation installation for gems as the default.

Solutions Grove: Uptime++

2012-01-03T20:19:52Z

Free simple uptime monitoring service (you give it a URL that should return "success", it emails you if it doesn't get that response). Originally developed by Jin Choi and Philip

standing!

2012-01-03T20:17:41Z

This is definitely one of the more unique sit/stand setups i've seen. Very creative!

Welcome

2008-03-31T19:53:27Z

Homepage for the site.

A desk for both sitting and standing

2012-01-02T21:51:06Z

The details of my desk modification to make it able to convert from sitting height to standing height.

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2012-01-02T22:09:42Z

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2012-01-02T22:09:35Z

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2012-01-02T22:09:28Z

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2012-01-02T22:00:14Z

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Sociable: Serving Ember.js with Rails 3.1’s asset pipeline

2011-12-29T02:23:00Z

Takes you through creating a "Hello World" Ember.js app on top of a Rails 3.1 vanilla application, including using CoffeScript.

Award-Winning Fjords: CoffeeScript-specific Style Guide

2011-12-29T02:08:21Z

Walks through converting a bit of JavaScript with a jQuery call in it to CoffeeScript and explains the rationale behind the preferred use of paranthesis and the like.

One thing I learned in 1999 - a great way to hire (or be hired)

2011-11-07T23:13:23Z

[Work in Progress] I'm amazed by how many job ads there are right now for Ruby on Rails developers. A lot of these, despite being from companies or organizations that

Reflections on Software: Beating the Talent Crunch with Distributed Teams

2011-12-14T20:42:59Z

A decent overview of how to work with a distributed team (chat room, audio chats, video conferencing, physical get togethers periodically). The one thing I would add a caveat about

test image, ignore please

2011-12-08T00:05:40Z

TLC Projects Homepage

2011-11-22T19:53:39Z

This is a basket for TLC projects. If you are already a member of this basket, remember to login for access. If you should access, but don't already, please register and then request membership.

Dockyards: Mobile Web Apps Still Have Some Major Hurdles

2011-11-10T21:06:10Z

A rundown of the state of mobile web applications versus native apps November 11th, 2011.

Ruby 'index ... out of string' error

2011-09-06T08:49:10Z

What to look for when you encounter this mysterious 'index ... out of string' error.

About Walter McGinnis

2008-03-31T19:53:27Z

I've been an open source and online community developer since the late '90s. I've worked on Kete, the ArsDigita Community System, OpenACS, and numerous other software projects. In 2005 I

How I learned to milk a cow on a plane

2011-08-28T23:56:40Z

I'm a fan of random conversations that happen when you are on some sort of shared transport from A to B. This is probably not a surprise to those that

Using Gmaps4Rails with a Rails 2.3 application

2011-08-21T22:38:59Z

The steps necessary to get the Google Maps for Rails gem, which is designed for Rails 3 and above, working with a Rails 2.3 application.

Fixing Things

2008-03-31T19:53:27Z

A guide to editing records in Kete and how to report issues with material.

Linking Things

2008-03-31T19:53:27Z

How to link items and topics together in Kete, to create webs of related material.

Adding things

2008-03-31T19:53:27Z

A guide to how to add items and topics to Kete.

Finding Things

2008-03-31T19:53:27Z

A look at the different ways of finding things in Kete.

User Manual

2008-03-31T19:53:27Z

A guide to how to use different parts of Kete. Some of this information may be out of date.

Privacy Policy

2008-03-31T19:53:27Z

This Privacy Policy is incorporated in this site's Terms and Conditions, and explains to you how WalterMcGinnis.com and Kete may use your personal data.

Registration

2008-03-31T19:53:27Z

Details about how to register.

Terms and Conditions

2008-03-31T19:53:27Z

An agreement between the site and all registered users.

Technical Editors’ Eyrie: Developing a Departmental Style Guide

2011-08-07T22:35:48Z

Basically a "howto" for writing a styleguide.