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Episode #74 - May 7, 2010

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Wynn Netherland joins Gregg live from Red Dirt Ruby Conference, where we get Analytical about doing test driven sysadmin with my Babushka, additing missing test helpers with Runningman, enjoying the extra speed with Cucumber 0.7, and doing the monster_mash while hacking voicemail, and editing a Tumblr theme with Thimblr.

This episode is sponsored by Red Dirt Ruby Conference. A unique, two-day conference that provides content and training in the most important areas of Ruby development.

  • Red Dirt
  • Analytical
  • Tropo Voicemail
  • Babushka
  • Cucumber 0.7
  • monster_mash
  • Thimblr
  • Runningman
  • Ruby5

Babushka - Test Driven Sysadmin Jump to Story

Similar to chef, Babushka gives you a the ability to install and configure systems, but in a more test driven format. With Babushka you simply write “deps” or dependencies which first include a test to see if a dependency is satisfied, then what to run if it hasn’t been satisfied. It could be something as simple as installing Textmate on your mac or deploying a full Rails stack. If you're a sysadmin type, the screencast on the front page is definitely worth a watch.

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May 20th, 2012

Devise 2.1, running your uncommitted rspecs, feeling dirty with soap, grabbing data out of Google spreadsheets, and more in this edition of Ruby5

May 15th, 2012

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May 11th, 2012

Bootstrapping young JS framework released, poppin BubbleWrap, internationalizing with alchemy, mixins and refactoring, hanging out at Rpub, and a rack middleware for contact importing.