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stub_model and mock_model

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I decided to stop using stub_model and mock_model. I do not use them enough to get fluent with them. Every time I have to deal with them, something breaks in...

Using stock ruby with rbenv

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While migrating to ruby 1.9, I started using rbenv. I was wondering how it would handle my stock ubuntu ruby 1.8. It works out of the box with the rbenv “sys...

Devise, SSL requirements and post data

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I am using rails 2.3.8, devise 1.0.11 and ssl_requirements 0.1.0. I am having strange behaviour when mixing devise with ssl_requirements. When a form posts t...

Scaling Agile

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I have worked in small agile teams, and it does indeed work a lot better than the classical waterfall & hierarchic environment. When speaking with other ...

A useful link to find free pictures

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While I was looking for photos for an article on blog for mes-courses.fr, I found this site : http://www.photo-libre.fr. There are a lot of pictures, both €-...

Order of execution of before blocks in RSpec

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I discovered that before blocks in RSpec’s examples are executed in the order they are declared. There is no great deal about it, but it can be useful when u...