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Posts from October 2006

Step 1) Create Something Awesome 2) Profit - or Ze makes $2k in One Day

Yesterday, ze frank of video blog the show asked his fans to “gimme some candy” and donate. Donaters got a message that would be displayed on the show’s page with a logo - fifty bucks getting a big duckie, ten a small one, and five a jewel.
Looking at the duckies today, ze made over [...]


New Version of BrainBuster - 0.6

New version of BrainBuster - that crazy ole’ logic captcha plugin that asks the tough questions.
Changelog
* change naming to follow Rails 1.2 convetions -> ie “BrainBusterMixin” became “BrainBustersHelper”
* seperate out the filter
* seperate out the captcha credit into _captcha_footer partial
* move partials to a views folder, it makes more sense
* tweak css


How to Stub ActionController#render for Testing

Sometimes you just want to ensure that render will get called with the correct parameters in a test. Say, for instance, if you have your own special site_render method that examines subdomains or other info about the current request, and then does the real render based on that. This little test helper [...]


Introducing BrainBuster - Logic Captcha for Rails

Announcing the release of BrainBuster, a Logic Captcha plugin for Rails. I'm calling this version 0.5, btw, because I've been developing it and testing it for awhile on the Madison Rails wiki.
What is a logic captcha? Its a test to try and tell computers and humans apart via a simple logic puzzle, [...]


Continous Builder gets some Campfire love

I noticed a recent check in on the Rails timeline to the Continuous Builder plugin. DHH has added Campfire integration - so now you can get notified in real time chat about the chump who broke the build, and then proceed to mock them.
Peer pressure can be a powerful thing, so grab [...]


Ruby For Rails by David A Black - Book Review

Ruby for Rails might just top the classic PickAxe for the best all around Ruby book...


GoF Patterns: Helping Losers Lose Less

...don't dismiss patterns because of the GoF - much of the patterns community derides that work as well. Think of the GoF as helping losers lose less.
- Richard Gabriel, comp.lang.lisp, 2001
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