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Presenters

@ericlandes @dan_sb

Agile and Beyond Conference (dry-run)

What bad looks like

lengthy

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

Appendix F - Personal observations on the reliability of the Shuttle by R. P. Feynman

Introduction

It appears that there are enormous differences of opinion as to the probability of a failure with loss of vehicle and of human life. The estimates range from roughly 1 in 100 to 1 in 100,000. The higher figures come from the working engineers, and the very low figures from management. What are the causes and consequences of this lack of agreement? Since 1 part in 100,000 would imply that one could put a

"Why You Don't Get Mock Objects" by Gregory Moeck

RubyConf 2011 | 2011-09-29 | Gregory Moeck (@gregmoeck)

Recommended as the best book on mocks: Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests by Steve Freeman & Nat Pryce
Common arguments against mocks
- They duplicate implementation
- They lead to brittle tests
Mock objects + procedural programming = bad idea
If you're doing traditional Rails development (which tends to follow more of a "procedural", do-this-and-then-do-that style), mock objects probably aren't for you

	SpiderMonkey, implementation in C, ECMA-262 Edition 3 (Gecko)
	Rhino, implementation in Java, ECMA-262 Edition 3 (none)
	Nitro aka SquirrelFish (WebKit)
	V8 (WebKit)
	TraceMonkey (FF)
	JagerMonkey (FF, Nitro/TraceMonkey cross child)
	Futhark
	Carakan (Presto)
	Chakra (IE)

	// need to mess with document.defaultAction = true/false to block default action;
	// idea from http://www.quirksmode.org/js/keys.html

	window.onload = function () {
	var keyCodeUp,
	keyCodeDown,
	currentIndex,
	fonts,
	currentFont,
	setGlobalFont,

	MySQL commands (from http://www.pantz.org/software/mysql/mysqlcommands.html)

	Create a database on the sql server.
	mysql> create database [databasename];

	List all databases on the sql server.
	mysql> show databases;

	Switch to a database.
	mysql> use [db name];

	def tip(msg); puts; puts msg; puts "-"*100; end

	#
	# 30 Ruby 1.9 Tips, Tricks & Features:
	# http://www.igvita.com/2011/02/03/new-ruby-19-features-tips-tricks/
	#

	tip "Upgrading to Ruby 1.9 is simple: rvm install 1.9.2 && rvm --default 1.9.2"

	tip "Ruby 1.9 supports named captures in regular expressions!"

	Object
	Behavior
	ClassDescription
	Class
	Metaclass
	BlockClosure
	Boolean
	False
	True
	Browser

	autocmd FocusGained * call s:CmdTFlush()

	function s:CmdTFlush(...)
	if exists(":CommandTFlush") == 2
	CommandTFlush
	endif
	endfunction