kblake

Programming Achievements: How to Level Up as a Developer

This gist is part of a blog post. Check it out at:

http://jasonrudolph.com/blog/2011/08/09/programming-achievements-how-to-level-up-as-a-developer

kblake

>> foo = proc { bar }
=> #<Proc:0x0000000101c444b8@(pry):1>
>> foo.call
NameError: undefined local variable or method `bar' for #<Object:0x1001dc288>
from (pry):1


>> def bar
>>   "bar"
>> end

kblake

 -- PostgreSQL 9.2 beta (for the new JSON datatype)
 --   You can actually use an earlier version and a TEXT type too
 -- PL/V8 http://code.google.com/p/plv8js/wiki/PLV8


  -- JSON Types need to be mapped into corresponding PG types 
  -- 
  -- Number     => INT or DOUBLE PRECISION
  -- String     => TEXT

kblake

Get Mountain Lion and Homebrew to Be Happy

1) Install XCode 4.4 into /Applications

Get it from http://developer.apple.com. You will not be able to submit apps to any stores using this XCode version, so turn away if that is something you might want to do.

2) Install Command Line Tools

In XCode's Preferences > Downloads you can install command line tools.

kblake

1. Your class can be no longer than 100 lines of code.
2. Your methods can be no longer than five lines of code.
3. You can pass no more than four parameters and you can’t just make it one big hash.
4. When a call comes into your Rails controller, you can only instantiate one object to do whatever it is that needs to be done.

You can break these rules if you can talk your pair into agreeing with you.

kblake

// Use Gists to store code you would like to remember later on
console.log(window); // log the "window" object to the console