I’ve mentioned it before that I really enjoy reading but have found myself consuming too much information without applying it. There are dozens of books that I’ve read, all of which had good ideas for my life or business, but I haven’t put the work in and took action on those ideas. With the birth …
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The 3 Common Types of Code Reviews
Much of my development involves reviewing and reading code, both formally and informally. You will only write code once, might modify it a few times, but you will read it over and over. I found code reviews are just a formalization of this code reading process. I’ve noticed a few different types of code reviews, …
Postponing Tech Learning Series
I’ve been doing a weekly tech learning series every Friday for the past few weeks. Each morning I’d budget 1 hour to learn a new piece of technology and then write up my thoughts about it. Even though I only budget one hour to the learning, I end up using two to four hours for …
Happy Birthday sale – Save $10 on all of my ebooks today
[box type=”alert” style=”rounded” border=”full”]The sale has ended. Thanks everyone who ordered. –Eric [/box] It’s that time of the year. No, not when little ghouls and goblins are running around begging for candy (though that time is coming up). It’s time for my birthday and this year I decided to give you a gift instead. This …
Test HTTP Basic Authentication in Rails 3 With Capybara
I’m using some HTTP basic authentication in Chirk HR as a simple way of preventing unauthorized access. It’s simple, fast, and easy to change to a more robust authentication later on. Ideal Authentication Test As part of my testing habits, I try to really exercise important methods. Authentication is definitely one of them. Authentication is …