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Episode #2 - August 17, 2009

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Today's episode covers a variety of topics from teaching Ruby as a first language to testing habits and A/B testing to bcrypt. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast and if you've got any stories you'd like for us to cover, let us know at ruby5@envylabs.com.

This episode is sponsored by ScrumPad. ScrumPad is the next generation of Web-based Agile project management and collaboration.

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Why Do Rubyists Test So Completely? Jump to Story

Mike Burns posted his thoughts over on Giant Robots about why he believes that Ruby programmers are so focused on writing good tests. Primarily, he thinks that it is due to cultural pressure and a test-driven mindset, stemming from services like GitHub and Rubyforge.

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