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Github On Steroids

In this article, I would like to share my tips on how to improve your Github repository so basically, how to give it some ‘steroids’. I will cover aspects like using templates, coverage report in Github projects and packages, how to improve the CI build speed and finally, how to better document your code.

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Essential RubyOnRails Patterns — Part 4: Form Objects

Form Object is a very useful pattern in rails ecosystem as it can address variety of issues and antipatterns. In this article we will attempt to sort out in which situations Form Objects can prove useful and what conventions allow us to make most out of them.

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Essential RubyOnRails Patterns — Part 2: Query Objects

Query Objects (also referred to as queries) is another pattern that helps in decomposing your fat ActiveRecord models and keeping your code both slim and readable. While this article is written with Ruby On Rails in mind, it easily applies to other frameworks, especially MVC based and applying ActiveRecord pattern.

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Elixir For Node.js Developers – Your Handbook To Success

I decided to explore the world of functional programming. It was like a promise of better performance and productivity. I then asked myself - “Why not try Elixir”? I wanted to build scalable web applications that are reliable, fault-tolerant and efficient.

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Case Study Of Metric Form List Refactoring

Quite often there are situations when part of the application appears multiple times, most of the usages are the same but they require different logic here and there. In this article, I would like to present the problem I have encountered along my programming way, its solution and the refactoring results.

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Boosting File Uploads With Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration

This is a case study of how we managed to boost file uploads with Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration on one of our projects.

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Benchmarking Ruby On Rails Applications Tools For Load Performance Testing

The choice of benchmarking tools is often a compromise between a number of factors such as: ease of use, features, and time needed to prepare and maintain a test suite.

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Behind The Scenes Of A Mature Ember.js Project

This article aims to tell the story of mature Ember.js projects, take you behind the scenes, possibly help you to deal with long-term projects with the team. As a background to the main story, let me use a classic movie from the 70s - ‘Alien’ - directed by Ridley Scott.

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A Subjective Guide To Naming Stuff In Ruby on Rails: Classes

Naming things in programming may not be hard (a matter of imagination), but it is definitely hard to do it right. Also, it turns out to be very unclear what “right” means in each and every context. It doesn’t change the fact that in 8 out of 10 PRs I review, I provide a feedback related to naming, be it naming of classes, methods, fields, variables… you name it

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Outsourcing SaaS Development - 4 Reasons Why You Should Consider

Many companies are looking for SaaS development outsourcing partners in order to reduce the size of their applications and device memory required for them. This article will present 4 reasons why you should consider outsourcing your SaaS development.

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3 Reasons Why You Should Use Time And Materials Pricing Model For Software Outsourcing

Agile methodologies require time-and-materials pricing model. The client’s ability to be involved in the development process, prioritize backlog and adjust to the end-users’ needs with evolving requirements are, in most cases, the key to the market success of a service or a product.

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