Datamapper for Multiple Databases in Rails 3

DataMapper is awesome. It’s flexible, you define the properties in the model itself, it deals with all sorts of columns, it can create UUIDs easily, it is fantastic for dealing...

7 and a Half Reasons to Use DataMapper

I gave a short presentation discussing the merits of DataMapper at the May 2011 Indy Ruby Brigade meeting. Check it out! 7.5 Reasons to Use DataMapper UPDATE: There is now...

Checking All Checkboxes with Capybara

This could be useful to someone searching the Interwebs for a solution. Hopefully it will save someone some time, as it took some time to figure it out. Looking back,...

PPL30 Recap

It was 30 days. Thirty days gone. Thirty days of so little sleep as to feel like 60. Thirty days of so little liesure time as to feel like 15....

PPL30 Day 30: Scheme

On the final day, I will be diving in to Scheme. My goals are mostly to get an environment in which to work with Scheme running, and learn what little...