Prasanna Natarajan articles - 10 total
Scala vs Ruby - Creating a while loop DSL
I'm learning Scala. It's a powerful language with lots of features. One such thing is called the by-n...
Building RSS feeds for static-sites built with nanoc
In my last post, I mentioned about why Nanoc is a great choice for building your little static site i...
Ruby developers! Try Nanoc for your static sites. It's great.
Nanoc is a static site generator just like Jekyll and Hugo. For my site, after trying Jekyll, Hugo,...
Rails testing tip: Remember to revert your in-memory configuration setting changes in each testcase
In Rails, each test case is wrapped in a database transaction. With both minitest and rspec. Once the...
I'm a MonkeyPatch Debugger
In startups the deployment cycle will be faster compared to big and old companies. It takes time for...
Javascript Inheritance explained in plain English (aka Ruby)
Ok, don't get mad at the title and leave too soon. I put it for 2 reasons: My programming mother-tong...
A Primer about Javascript's Prototype
Look, I know you are all cool people using the latest ES6 and 7 features, classes and VR and AR and a...
Rails Authentication From Scratch. Going Beyond Railscasts
If you have to implement authentication in your rails app, Devise is your safest option. Rolling your...
Tips to save time with alias command (not what you think)
Tuesdays are not as cool as Mondays or Fridays. But it's never shabby for productivity tidbits. Here'...
Everything is a search problem. Master your search skills.
Once during a meeting, my manager said to us "In this age of information and the internet, everything...