ActiveRecord without Rails
I needed a quick and simple database to use with a plain old ruby project, taking ActiveRecord on it's own is pretty easy
Oct 28, 2020
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TIL: Asserting Exceptions with Cucumber & Ruby
Proper use of Cucumber follows a strict given-when-then syntax. This posses a small problem when trying to assert an exception in a 'then' step if it is raised in a 'when' step.
Aug 18, 2020
TIL: Counting Consecutive Items in a Ruby Array
I wanted to know how many times a thing occurs consecutively in array. Only consecutive items are important
Jul 31, 2020
TIL: Ruby Splat Operator Builds Arrays
You can use the splat operator to coerce values into arrays.
Jul 30, 2020
TIL: Denaturing Ruby Array to get the Last Element and Remainder
Assigning the first element and the remainder of an array to a variable is common, but you can also do the same in reverse
Jul 29, 2020
Inline Bundler for Ruby Scripts
You can write a simple Ruby script which includes in-line bundler and so avoids the need to have a separate Gemfile.
Jul 17, 2020
Mini Ruby DSL Template
Spawning quick DSLs for fun and profit is super easy with Ruby. This toy is a template for stealing for something useful.
Jul 15, 2020
TIL: Finding the Source of a Ruby Method
Find out where the source of a method is defined
Jul 14, 2020
TIL: Ruby Currying
If currying is a way to partially execute a function, here's how Ruby handles it
Jul 12, 2020