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Insulate Yourself From Changes

Chris Oliver

May 13, 2013
As we build software, a lot of us get caught up in Rails. You build your application around Rails' suggestions and before you know it, you're really stuck. Just because Rails gives you controllers, models, and helpers doesn't mean your code needs ...

Uninitialized constant ActionDispatch::Session::EncryptedCookieStore

Chris Oliver

May 3, 2013
Playing with a new Rails 4.0 application the other day was great fun. Today I upgraded to the latest release, Rails 4.0.0.rc1 and got the following error: ``` NameError: uninitialized constant ActionDispatch::Session::EncryptedCookieStore ~/....

Refactoring If Statements

Chris Oliver

April 25, 2013
Frank Webber recorded a great video on removing if statements from your code just recently. The result is a pretty strong refactor that removes the complexity involved with large if statements. <iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www...

Announcing GoRails

Chris Oliver

April 16, 2013
GoRails is an idea I've been tossing around in the back of my mind for quite a while. There are fantastic resources out there like Railscasts, RubyTapas, the Rails Tutorial, and yet, even combining them all, I still wanted more. Each person brings...