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,...
Digging Ruby in the Rockies: Rocky Mountain Ruby 2013
Back-End Conferences Full-Stack WebI recently went to Boulder, Colorado, for the 2013 Rocky Mountain Ruby conference. More than 300 Ruby enthusiasts gathered there to attend workshops, presentations, drink...
OAuth2 and So Can You
Back-End Full-Stack WebHave you recently used a Twitter, Facebook or Google API? If so, you probably authenticated with OAuth2. Instead of using their own authentication schemes, most...
Keep Your Code Simple, Stupid
Back-End Full-Stack WebEditor’s note: This post first appeared in a slightly different format on Jonathan’s personal blog.
Maintaining and Organizing UI Dependencies with Knockout.JS: Part 2
Front-End Full-Stack WebIn Part 1 of Maintaining and Organizing UI Dependencies with Knockout.JS, we discussed the three types of observables that Knockout provides: observables, observable arrays...
A Look At Twitter Bootstrap 3
Front-End Full-Stack WebThe folks behind the popular Bootstrap framework recently announced the release of Bootstrap 3. Since its original release two years ago, Bootstrap has grown into an...
Responsive Sites With Foundation
Front-End Full-Stack WebThings are changing rapidly for front-end developers. It seems that every day someone is releasing a brand new framework, bootstrap, boilerplate or some other...
Madison Ruby 2013: A Community of Coders
Back-End Full-Stack WebMadison Ruby taught me that conferences are where you go to meet your heroes.
Coding Rails with Data Integrity, Part 3
Back-End Full-Stack WebIn our previous posts about data integrity in Rails, we covered null constraints, default values and uniqueness constraints. These database constraints help ensure that data exists...
css-burrito: An Open-Source Organizational Sass Template
Design Front-End Full-Stack WebHow OCD is your CSS? Are you following object-oriented conventions? Do you adhere to a strict style guide? Do you have a hard time...
Using an API to Back an iOS Application
Back-End Full-Stack Web iOS] At this year’s annual Clash of the Coders, I teamed up with Steve Sparks and Mark D to create Krëndler, a framework that...
