Dave How-to, Testing, Web Design & Development 3
The latest major version of FactoryGirl came out last week, which coincided with an internal debate here on the best use of factories. Often, out of habit, when we’re writing tests, we reach for a Factory when we’re testing a new method. It’s convenient because it gives you some test data to work with, and [...]
Chris Agile development, How-to, MVPs, Web Design & Development 0
I’m working on an MVP for a great client right now. Although the two guys behind the app are really design-y by nature, their goal with this iteration is to produce a basic desktop version, get it in front of users, and see if it’s worth pursuing further. So on the front end, I felt [...]
Erin User Interface Elements We Hate 1
This happened to me the other day: “ERROR: Password must be 8-12 characters long.” Oh, shoot me now. Better yet, shoot the developer who wrote that line of code. Who in their right mind puts an upper limit on the number of allowable characters? I understand the sites that push you into making a weak password [...]
A commit should not be taken lightly. A commit is a work of art, a labor of love chiseled down to the bare essentials. Think of a project repo as a novel, with each branch as a chapter, each line of code as a sentence, and each commit as a paragraph. I don’t have a [...]
Erin Agile development, News, Web Design & Development 0
We’re happy to introduce the world to the Pericles Project, an awesome application we helped build and launched just a few weeks ago. Our client had a great idea for a news aggregator that offers you personalized recommendations for which news to read, based on your similarity to other users. It also helps you break [...]