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9 Jun 2016
Development Posts
Foundation vs. Bootstrap: Which Front-end Framework Do We Prefer?
7 Jun 2016
Both Bootstrap and Foundation are wonderful front-end frameworks. However, only one of them can reign supreme as our front-end framework of choice. Find out which one floats above the competition.
Healthcare on Rails: Why these 10 companies chose Ruby on Rails
2 Jun 2016
Robby speaks with ten different companies about the benefits of adding Ruby on Rails to their toolset.
Continuous Deployment in Rails
2 Jun 2016
As developers, we seek tools which make our daily life easier. Over the years, our tools have improved to make one of the often complicated process of deploying our code up to various instances. Making this process as automated as possible will not only increase productivity but also prevent potentially application-breaking issues from ever getting to your remote instances.
Puma is the Preferred Web Server for Rails Developers
2 Jun 2016
Puma’s popularity as both a web and Rails server has shown steady growth toward the position of preferred tool for both roles. Growing out of the once-mighty Mongrel, Puma hails itself as "A Modern, Concurrent Web Server for Ruby". Showing significantly lower memory usage and response times than Unicorn and Passenger the communities support appears to be continuing to shift in its direction.
Still Not Tracking Exceptions in Rails
1 Jun 2016
A declining but still significant percentage of respondents to Planet Argon's Rails survey (down to 16% this year, from a high of 31% in 2009) don’t use any exception notification at all on their projects. Why turn a deaf ear to an important part of your application’s health?
How long have we all been working with Ruby on Rails?
1 Jun 2016
One of the questions we asked in the recent survey was "How many years have you been developing with Ruby on Rails?". The purpose of this question is to get a very general idea of the shift in experience across the community.
PostgreSQL continues to win the hearts of the Rails community
1 Jun 2016
Since 2012, PostgreSQL has grown to be the preferred choice of Ruby on Rails developers. We've been championing it for a bit longer.
Jquery Selections via Regular Expression
23 May 2016
Sometimes simple ID or Class name selections are not enough. Here we see how a simple .filter() function allows for jQuery code that is both flexible and extendable.
AngularJS vs Ember.js -- Comparing Apples to Oranges
27 Apr 2016
We are awash in a sea of options for front-end Javascript frameworks. We all want the right tool for the right job, but separating useful information from noise can be tough & choosing the "correct" technology can be a daunting task. In an attempt to not add more fuel to the fire in the everlasting Ember vs. Angular debate, here is a list of some (relatively) unbiased comparisons between two of the most popular JS frameworks that we feel accurately summarize the pros & cons that come along with the tools being used to build modern web applications today.