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ruby « Baroquebobcat
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Ruby, Computer Science, Japan and Stuff. Archive for the ‘ruby’ Category. Laquo; Older Entries. Wednesday, November 6th, 2013. Rocky Mountain Ruby 2013. Was at the end of September this year. I taught a workshop on writing external DSLs that was fun and difficult to put together. You can look through my class notes. If you are interested. I also gave a short lightning talk on Muskox. A small library I’ve been working on. The talk’s up on Confreaks. Going to Mountain West Ruby Conf 2012. Became a serializ...
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programming « Baroquebobcat
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Ruby, Computer Science, Japan and Stuff. Archive for the ‘programming’ Category. Laquo; Older Entries. Thursday, November 7th, 2013. I’ve enjoyed learning about esoteric programming languages ever since I began programming. One of my favorites is BrainFuck, which feels very much like programming a turing machine directly. It has 8 commands. Increment / decrement the current data cell. Move the data pointer one position left / right. If the current data cell is zero, goto the matching close brace. Because...
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Welcome to NathanFeaver.com
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About coding, web development, and fun to be had in tech. Setting Up a New Rails Application. Oct 17, 2012. Update: More Rails Setup Guides. After writing this post, I found the official Rails Setup Tutorials. On Github. These will likely stay up to date and do include more setup variants. Enjoy! There are a lot of default settings in Rails which is great (Convention over Configuration! My Ruby on Rails Recipe. Check out the next post. Comments powered by Disqus. The Value of Play.
bloggytoons.com
Speaking
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I've spoken at conferences and tech-related events around the world. I speak mostly about social learning and how we can help people (particularly beginners) navigate the tech world more effectively. I've spoken to high school students, architects, techies, developers, and newbies about my love of code. Chicago Women in Tech. Coalition for Queens Hackathon. TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon judge. Ela Conf (opening keynote). MixIT Conf (closing keynote). You can hear me on the weekly RubyRogues.
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Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby - NathanFeaver.com
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Books that I've been reading and what I think about them. Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby. Last Updated: Oct. 03, 2012. I started reading this book after hearing Sandi Metz. Give a talk on making messes (and then sweeping them into a maintainable class or method) at Rocky Mountain Ruby, 2012. When I finish the book I'll give it a full overview. For now, here's my impressions and the big points that I'm seeing:. Comments powered by Disqus. The Value of Play. Learning to Program: The.
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RailsBridge | Sponsors
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We are so grateful. RailsBridge has thrived because of its volunteers and its sponsors. These companies have provided us with space, wifi, projectors, and bought us so many Friday pizzas and Saturday lunches. We are so thankful that they are committed to helping tech become more equitable, welcoming, and diverse. These companies provide ongoing support by sponsoring workshops on a regular basis. Making Tech Better Since 2009. Want to suggest an update to this site? Or create an issue.
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The Power of Drafts - Design is Refactoring
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The Power of Drafts. Posted by Ian Whitney on August 3, 2015. How do you write code? I’m not asking about text editor, language or keyboard layout. I’m talking more about your process. Do you write a bunch of perfect code all at once? Or do you write some terrible code, which you rewrite into less-terrible code? I suspect that it’s the latter. That’s what I do, at least. My process usually goes something like:. Start with a vague idea. Write some awful, ugly code. The first draft of anything is shit.
