When it comes to prototyping, there is no reason that it can’t be done with PHP. My own core web development is with PHP, but have found increasingly, that I want something better. Better, that is, at getting a web application running…
Continue Reading…If you’re a .NET developer looking to move to Ruby, one of the ways you can start using Ruby straight away is with Albacore. In this article, we’ll look at how you can take an existing ASP.NET web application project, add a…
Continue Reading…JVM is awesome! Many people that bash Java make the mistake of mixing up the Java language and the Java platform. Sure, the Java language is verbose; it lacks closures, mixins, etc. But the JVM is freaking awesome. It’s blazing fast, it…
Continue Reading…Once upon a time, Java arguably the Dinosaur of the coding world was the dominant force in programming. A person needed to approach software and webpage development with the mind of an engineer and the ability to think in complex, yet highly…
Continue Reading…C# developers are used to working with fields, properties, and methods. But there’s certain confusion when it comes to understanding how those work in Ruby. So let’s have a quick C# refresher. Fields, Properties, and Methods in C# Fields are variables scoped…
Continue Reading…Part 1 of this post covered my experiences in .NET when writing tests, and how that helped me getting productive in Ruby within a short period of time. Part 2 covers my experiences in Ruby, going from how I got started writing…
Continue Reading…If you’re a .NET developer who have been writing tests, this post may encourage you to continue doing so when working with Ruby. If, instead, you have not been writing tests, we must change that! I know I have mentioned this before,…
Continue Reading…So far in these posts on switching from .NET to Ruby we’ve looked at Classes, Namespacing, Documentation, Methods, Variables, and the Ruby Environment. We’ve covered a lot of ground. Today, we’re going to look at the data types that form the base…
Continue Reading…Class variables in Ruby have a bad name. It’s true, they are considered harmful, borderline evil. So why the bad rap? Well, most groans are about how they behave when inheritance enters the fray. Correction: It’s all about how they behave compared…
Continue Reading…You will no doubt have read one of the many articles out there comparing the merits of PHP against Ruby, or more commonly to my exasperation, PHP vs Rails. I hope, like me, you find such articles pointless exercises and nothing short…
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