Subscribe (RSS)Rails, RSpec, Autotest, Redgreen, and Snarl: Reasons I don’t like Windows
In preparation for an article I'm writing on RSpec, I decided to revisit setting up my preferred RSpec development environment in Windows. I was ever so quickly reminded of why I made the switch to Linux in the first place.
The Background
Let me get everyone caught up to speed. RSpec is of course a Behavior Driven Development framework for Ruby and Ruby on Rails. The Behavior Driven Development process itself involves writing a specification (test), running that specification (which will initially fail), writing the functionality to satisfy that specification, and finally running the specification again which should then pass. This process continues until you've implemented all the functionality in the application you are developing.
Now, if you run all the specifications manually, this can get really bothersome very quickly. This is particularly aggravated in a Windows environment, since all the common Rails ...
An Introduction to Behavior Driven Development
The logical starting point would be to define what Behavior Driven Development is, but it's difficult to jump right out and explain exactly what it is, until you ...
Problems and Distractions
So, I doubt I have many readers at this point, but in case anyone has tried to access my blog, they undoubtedly came across a happy 403 Forbidden ...
The Making of a Blog
For one who is so into technology, I seem to be a slow adapter to new technology. Cell phones were well into the hands of teenagers and senior ...
Associated Press Internet Writer Doesn’t Know Jack About AJAX
Wow. The Associated Press recently ran with an article detailing how Nielson will be dropping pageviews as a meaningful site metric. More interesting than that tidbit of ...
Echoes of the Old Web and the Limits of Accessibility
The playing field of the web has changed alot over the years. The community that is the Internet has fought its way from the era of table-based layouts, ...
