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Random Ruby Bits

29/09/2017 by Jonathan, posted in ruby

Merge and sum hash of hashes hash1 = { :employee1 => { :val1 => 20, :val2 => 10, :val3 => 50, :val4 => 30 }, :employee2 => { :val1 => 30, :val2 => 40, :val3 => 60, :val4 => 10 }, :employee3 => { :val1 => 70, :val2 => 60, :val3 => 10, :val4 => … Continue reading Random Ruby Bits

Setup Rbenv, Ruby and Rails on Ubuntu 16.04

06/08/201708/08/2017 by Jonathan, posted in configuration, ruby, ruby on rails, ubuntu, Virtual Machine

If you're still new to Ubuntu I've a post with some useful commands that'll help you navigate and use the terminal! Useful Unix Commands for macOS or Linux Update and install some dependencies apt-get is a package manager command line tool similar to Homebrew on macOS and is used to manage applications on Ubuntu. Lets update … Continue reading Setup Rbenv, Ruby and Rails on Ubuntu 16.04

Setting up and using RBENV on macOS

28/07/201710/09/2017 by Jonathan, posted in ruby

Rbenv is a great tool for setting up Ruby environments. Different applications could require different versions of Ruby and Rails so using Rbenv to manage this makes things a lot easier and ensures pulling your hair out remains at a minimum. Installing Homebrew Homebrew is an excellent package manager for macOS that simplifies installing and … Continue reading Setting up and using RBENV on macOS

Using RSpec with Rails

27/07/201728/07/2017 by Jonathan, posted in ruby, ruby on rails, testing

I like using RSpec for testing. And adding it to the application at the beginning will make sure new spec files are created when we use the Rails generator to create resources. Its a pain to manually create these files if we wait until later to think about adding in some tests. Test Driven Development … Continue reading Using RSpec with Rails