Backend, Meet Frontend: Managing Assets with Bower
Back-End Front-End Full-Stack WebDon’t manage vendor assets with Rails gems; use Bower and NPM. Here's a true story of how backend and frontend developers can work together.
2014 Global Day of Code Retreat
Back-End Full-Stack WebI’m excited to announce that for the third year running, Big Nerd Ranch is hosting the Global Day of Code Retreat at our Intergalactic...
Why We Teach Rack in our Ruby on the Server Bootcamp
Back-End Full-Stack WebWhen I teach our web services class Ruby on the Server, a question I occasionally get from students is why we spend half of the...
Learning New Tricks: an iOS Developer Learns Ruby on Rails
Back-End Full-Stack Web iOSWhy would an experienced iOS developer want to take our Ruby on the Server bootcamp? Nerd Steve Sparks on learning new tricks and why...
Data Structure Hack Night at Big Nerd Ranch
Back-End Full-Stack WebEver wonder how Ruby handles Arrays or Hashes? Join our Data Structure Hack Night on Monday, August 25, and re-implement some of the Ruby...
Discover Swift with this One Weird Rubyist!
Back-End Full-Stack Web iOSAt Big Nerd Ranch, we love certain things. We love coffee, we love fitness and we really love technology. When Apple announced Swift, I found...
Testing Rails Service Oriented Architecture
Back-End Full-Stack WebOver the last few years I’ve had the opportunity to work on several Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) applications. I learned that writing integration tests for such...
Adding Versions to a Rails API
Back-End Full-Stack WebWhen you create an application programming interface (API), you’re establishing a contract with everyone who uses it. This too is true for web service...
Using RSpec Shared Contexts to Ensure API Consistency
Back-End Full-Stack WebConsistent API design is important. But it is incredibly easy to lose sight of this when you are actually writing the API. Here is...
Making Quick and Easy Page Prototypes in Rails
Back-End Front-End Full-Stack WebI’m a front-end developer, which means I write HTML, CSS and JavaScript code all day. But I also frequently work with back-end developers on...
Taking Out the Trash at RubyConf 2013
Back-End Full-Stack WebAs Rubyists, we give back to the community by helping out. And sometimes, helping out includes taking out the garbage.
dotRB: Getting Plugged In at a Wireless-less Conference
Back-End Conferences Full-Stack WebLast week, I got to attend a tech conference... without internet access. I was lucky enough to go to dotRB, a unique Ruby conference,...
