Rails has been unapologetically full stack since the beginning. We've continuously sought to include ever-more default answers to all the major infrastructure questions posed by modern web development. From talking to a database, to sending and receiving ... (more…)

A couple of days ago, this question in the Keyboard Maestro forum led me to learn a couple of things about JavaScript. The user, sandbags, wanted a good way to format dates using ordinal numerals instead of plain old digits. In other words, he wanted his ... (more…)

a blog by ariejan de vroom about software engineering and craftsmanship. (more…)

Modern JS frameworks tend not to reload the page but manipulate DOM and change URL path for internal navigation, for performance and smooth UX. But since there… (more…)

Writing unit-tests for a private function that is not exported from a module in JavaScript. Let us see how it can be done without refactoring. (more…)