Podcasters Please Stop Wasting My Time
I listen to many podcasts. I have some I’ve followed for years. I have some I add to my favorite podcast app on my iPhone, hear a couple of episodes, and remove. The number one reason I unsubscribe; the hosts are wasting my time. I don’t have much time each...
Tell Me My Value Up Front
The hiring process is broken. I hear of people who are looking for work, either as a full-time employee or a contractor, go through an extensive interview process, and if they are lucky enough to be offered a role, they cannot afford the salary. I’d like to see all companies...
You might not need jQuery
This is a really nice resource for those moving from jQuery to JavaScript ES6. I like the 1:1 comparisons.
10 Ruby on Rails Learning Resources for 2020
Even though Ruby on Rails has been around since 2004 as an open source project, I still get asked the best ways to learn the framework today. It’s a fair question and answers do change as the Ruby on Rails landscape has evolved.
Computer Science Education in the Past to the Present
A quick but thought-provoking post from Fred Wilson about CS education in our K12 system.
This Wisdom of Joe Armstrong Will Live On
I found out about the death of Joe Armstrong, the father of Erlang, recently as did the world.
Fixing TextExpander on macOS 10.14
I use TextExpander from Smile Software every day and rely on it for so many helpful snippets. After upgrading my iMac to macOS Mojave, I realized that TextExpander was broken and nothing I tried worked. It seems TextExpander would no longer expand any snippets. Trying the menu option to “Enable...
When You Can't Check a Checkbox using Capybara
In my last post I documented an issue I was having using Capybara on a client’s Ruby on Rails application with a ReactJS frontend. I wanted to share another issue I came across during my feature testing escapades.
Fixing StaleElementReferenceError When Using Capybara
I’ve been spending an extended period of time lately writing Feature specs for a Ruby on Rails project using Capybara. Overall it’s been a fun project to work on but I had run into a few issues along the way. One in particular is the StaleElementReferenceError exception that get thrown...
Ruby on Rails Testing Resources
When taking the plunge into Ruby on Rails it’s really easy to get carried away with learning all about the framework. It’s easy to learn the fundamentals and later realize the Rails community is a community of testers. It’s a strange world when you set out to learn about testing,...