My Journey on Rails, Part 5: Tests
Last time, I was in the middle of plotting and scheming the addition of UJS to my search form and decided that now would be a great time to stop procrastinating my test harness. I’ve had some experience with TDD in the past, but as …
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Wagger Offers New Client Referral Bonus!
Everybody’s happy with a little extra cash in their pocket, and we’re happy building great websites and applications! Let’s work together and make some happy! Announcing Wagger’s New Client Referral Bonus Program Throughout the months of August and September, Wagger is offering a $250 referral …
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My Journey on Rails, Part 4: ERB to Haml
Note: This installment was planned, originally, to cover a twofer of topics. I’ll talk about why I chose not to at the end of the article.
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My Journey on Rails, Part 3: Advanced Search Form
On to my next task! An advanced search form. Following along to the revised version of RailsCasts Episode #111, I find that most of my newbie stumbles are around what to pluralize and when (between the classes themselves and the collections of instances themselves) and …
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My Journey on Rails, Part 2: Authentication Model
Alas; work happens! I also took time out to skim some of the UC Berkeley SaaS class. The quality of the course is good, but I found myself ahead of many of the software engineering concepts and ended up toying with several of the exercises …
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My Journey on Rails, Part 1: Tools and Importing Data
We at Wagger Designs have been brewing up a custom web application for some time now. This blog series, in several parts, will follow my research and development process of taking our app from idea to reality. I’ll be sharing techniques and workarounds to issues that …
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Fast and Easy Web Safe Fonts
Here’s a scenario that’s all too familiar for professional web developers: you have a great concept or fleshed-out design, and it’s time to convert it to real markup. Not surprisingly, there are one or more snappy, nonstandard fonts in the design that you need to …
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SOPA and PROTECT IP
While we try to stay out of politics, there have been a couple of bills threatening the free and open exchange of information on the World Wide Web that, in our minds, should be a topic that all citizens are aware of. The enforcement of …
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Expert Hyperion Interactive Reporting Guide
Wagger Designs is delighted to announce the release of the first expert-level guide to Oracle Hyperion Interactive Reporting to hit the market. Wagger’s owner, Emily M. Vose, partnering with another industry leader, Edward J. Cody, and with the support of Packt Publishing, together bring this …
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Things to Love About Chrome Developer Tools
After reading recently that IE is finally wearing out its welcome (except in government and huge companies), it occurred to me that I couldn’t remember precisely when I had started using Chrome as my primary frontend debugger, but that it is measured in months. Why would someone …
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