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Talking Shop Down Under: February 2011
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Talking Shop Down Under. Monday, February 21, 2011. Episode 46 - Castle Windsor with Krzysztof Kozmic. Time to talk about Castle Windsor, and who better than the man himself - Krzysztof Kozmic. Krzysztof and Richard chat about Windsor 2.5, some of the newer features and also some of the lesser known but very useful one, plus a little of what's going to be happening with version 3.0 development. Enjoy! Duration 31:38 mins Download mp3. Monday, February 14, 2011. Episode 45 - Ryan Bigg talks Ruby on Rails 3.
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SchmidtHappens | August Update
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I cannot even believe it's August already. Find out what I've been up to. Okay, let's just get this out of the way now. I had planned on getting the Jekyll Guide finished by the end of August. That, unfortunately, is not going to happen. There were a lot of different things that contributed to this, but mostly, it was timing. I'm super excited to announce that Github has finally done this! I hope to get back into the swing of things over the next couple of weeks. I am also debating on what direction ...
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SchmidtHappens | Don't Use
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Hacks, ruby, and tips. I recently needed to test the structure of a generated project and wanted to suppress. Okay, let me give you a little more detail. I just started playing around with using Thor. To create a custom generator. One of the things I noticed immediately was that the output for the site creation was showing up every time a test called the generator. This is really annoying and I wanted to suppress the chatter. Then, when I was done, switch it back to use the original. In order to capture.
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SchmidtHappens | A Quick Update
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Things have been a little crazy for me lately. I wanted to take a moment and give an update. Let's start with the author gem. Work on this has slowed down. I am still eager to finish it and get it to it's first real release, however, I've had to put it on hold. Author is something I'm really proud of, but, unfortunately, working on it doesn't pay the bills. Don't worry though, I'll return to working on it soon. There are quite a few features that I still want to add. Here's a short list:. Anyway, I'm sti...
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SchmidtHappens | I'm writing a book
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I'm writing a book. I've decided to write a book about the amazing blog-aware, static site generator Jekyll. Over the past few weeks, I've been really looking at the traffic on my site. According to the analytics I'm seeing, the pages that deal specifically with Jekyll related topics consistently sit at the top of the list. That got me thinking; why are so many people looking for answers? So I went searching. Ones, but I want to take it a step further. I'm hoping that with this book - or rather, advanced...
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SchmidtHappens | The babies I've birthed without an epidural
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Here are a few projects that I created. You can find more at github. Enjoy! JQuery.puppeteer is a jQuery plugin that allows you to control elements on the page when they scroll into the viewport. An automated script that will set up a new DEVelopment ENvironment. This is great when setting up or reloading a developer machine. The source code for this website. Feel free to fork it and try it out yourself. Currently on my bookshelf. HTML5 for Web Designers. The Elements of Content Strategy.
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SchmidtHappens | On the Path to Enlightenment
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Data files, jekyll, and tips. I moved to using data files for this site. Let me walk you through how and why I decided to do that. Articles, life, and railsconf. Thoughts From a RailsConf Virgin. I recently returned from the 2014 RailsConf in Chicago. Since this was my first time attending, I wanted to share my thoughts on the conference. Hopefully, this will help others that have been thinking about attending and wondering "is it worth it? Articles, railsconf, and tdd. Articles, awards, and life. Have y...
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SchmidtHappens | Become a stalker and I'll make sure to keep the blinds open
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My Name is Terry Schmidt. You've landed on my blog. Who am I? I'm a social geek who loves to write code and also write about code. I've been building Ruby and Ruby on Rails applications since 2007 and absolutely love it. The topics that I write about are quite varied, though. You might find advice on tools to use, tutorials on how to use a particular library, fun things you can do with HTML and CSS, or maybe just some thoughts on different subjects. Currently on my bookshelf. HTML5 for Web Designers.
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SchmidtHappens | How I Test (For Now)
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How I Test (For Now). Articles, development, and testing. I had the opportunity to interview with Thoughtbot a few weeks ago, and the question of how I test came up. I hadn't really thought about it until then and it is something I've been thinking about lately. When I first learned to write tests, I was very unsure of how, where, when and what to test. I, like many people just getting into testing, went overboard. I wanted to be a good little TDD soldier, and as a result, I tested all the things. IMHO, ...
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SchmidtHappens | What if learning web design were approached like learning to play the piano?
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What if learning web design were approached like learning to play the piano? Articles, learning, and things to think about. In almost every other discipline, learning is done by repetition. You are taught a basic technique and then you practice, practice, practice until you're ready for the next lesson. What if we taught web design in the same way? How would a student progress from basics to more advanced techniques? The example would start with 3 separate DOM elements and the student would be walked thr...
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