Will Pleasant-Ryan on Atomic Spin

Python

Real-time Generation of Numeric Data Fixtures in IronPython

A detailed description of the reasons behind using IronPython as a scripting engine for dynamic numeric data, and some examples of how it was used.

Development Practices

Your Tests Are Your Conscience

Writing tests exposes the "pain points" in code. Without having to face those "pain points," it's all to easy to ignore code smells and press on.

Extracurricular Activities

Game Programming in Boo with the Unity Engine, Part 1: Not All Who Wander Are Lost

A review of my attempts to begin developing a game with Boo, especially my attempts to create a test-friendly coding environment.

Functional Programming

Functional Testing of Dynamic Websites with Grails and Geb

Describes features of Geb functional testing framework, and some useful additions to its functionality.

Web Apps

A Few Quick Tips for qtip2

Tips for handling unusual cases in the qtip2 jQuery library—like using qtip2 to make a tooltip appear on a user-triggered event and then disappear.

Development Practices

Two for the Road: In Praise of Pair Programming

Good pairing is like driving with a friend in the high-occupancy lane – faster, more efficient, and a whole lot more fun.

Web Apps

Testing HTML5 Offline Features Against a Remote Server Using Capybara/Selenium

Covers the process of testing a mobile app with offline caching against a remote Windows server application.

Ruby on Rails

Improving Unit Test Iteration Speed with Rails, Spork, and Resque

Reviews a series of steps taken to make Rails tests using Spork run quickly but properly detect changes to code.

Web Apps

Better Key Events in Capybara-Webkit

An overview of some changes I made to improve key press event handling in capybara-webkit.

C & C++

Comparing googlemock to Mocha

Compares unit testing with mock objects in googlemock to RSpec/Mocha, highlighting the differences for someone used to higher-level languages like Ruby.

Ruby

Adding Client Connections and Binary Data to em-websocket

Details of a recent project to augment the em-websocket gem to support client connections and binary data transfer.

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