RubyOnRails Testing Antipatterns — Part 1/2

When preparing our test suite we might be tempted to make some shortcuts that will render our tests less readable, comprehensible or will significantly decrease the flexibility of further implementation. Below, I try to list some of the most commonly seen techniques we should avoid to keep our test suite healthy.

An Opinionated Guide To Readable RSpec (part 1 of 2)

It is hard to underestimate a value and importance of automated tests. Creating confidence about if the code works the right way and thus enabling safe refactoring is just one thing. Another one is that test suite can act as a way to document behavior and also, especially when approached the BDD way, can drive the code design and architecture.

Summary Of React Native Eu Workshops And Conference

Read our article about React Native EU 2017 workshops and conference and find out what we were up to during the event.

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.

How To Pick The Best Speech Recognition Service For Your Medical App

The goal of the research project we undertook was to find a robust web-based SR tool which could – among other things – support medical vocabulary and which could be speaker independent.

10+ Tips On How To Effectively Describe Tasks For Your Dev Team

If It Works Why Touch It Managing Refactoring Tasks

Refactoring, when applied on time, can help keep our code healthy and easy to work with. It will also benefit the team velocity — the latter will not degrade due to the accumulation of technical debt.

When You Should Not Pick Ember.js As Your Next Front End Tool

The main goal of the article is to point out that there is no one single technology that fits every context, i.e. every use case, every project or every development team.

The Four Indicators Of A Healthy Ruby On Rails Project

Before starting development on a legacy project, we are often asked to do a quick review of its quality. Some projects are easy to analyze and the task just boils down to a look into a couple of classes, routes file, tests etc.

Weekly Developers Digest Vol 5

Through the week we are discussing some tech ideas, sharing interesting technology articles and resources. To show our places on the web we decided to publish Weekly Developers Digest with links to the content we were talking about on our internal DEV channel.

Weekly Developers Digest Vol 4

Through the week we are discussing some tech ideas, sharing interesting technology articles and resources. To show our places on the web we decided to publish Weekly Developers Digest with links to the content we were talking about on our internal DEV channel.

Weekly Developers Digest Vol 3

Through the week we are discussing some tech ideas, sharing interesting technology articles and resources. To show our places on the web we decided to publish Weekly Developers Digest with links to the content we were talking about on our internal DEV channel.