Jeremy recently wrote some good tips on cutting back on your code base, but his last tip is one I'm not sure about. It recommends using the Symbol#to_proc (in ActiveSupport, coming in ruby 1.9) shortcut for simple enumerable calls. Like many rubyists, I appreciate the elegance and DRYness of to_proc, as you [...]
Nice timing to see a post over on Presentation Zen about dealing with presentaton anxiety. Tonight I'm doing the refactoring session ad the Fox Valley JUG, just outside Green Bay. Also perfect timing was the onset of a cold and horrible [...]
The presentations went pretty well in Milwaukee and Chicago, despite a low turn out. Apparently the organizer had some mail problems so members of the WJUG/MADJUG list only got notice the day off, or not at all. Milwaukee we had about five people, and Madison was maybe ten or so. So not [...]
I'll be doing a new presentation titled "Better Software Through Refactoring" at the upcoming Wisconsin and Madison Java Users Groups. Here's the abstract from my NFJS page:
Refactoring is the process of improving the design of code without changing the behavior. The practice of refactoring is increasingly becoming a required skill for any professional developer, [...]
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