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Posted in Keeping it Simple, Ruby on Rails | 1 comment 
CBQ
If you’re just getting started with testing (and general test-first or test-driven development) in your Ruby and Ruby on Rails applications, you have a couple of choices.
You can go with Ruby’s Unit::Test, built right in to Ruby, and built-in to Rails with unit, functional, and integration test suites setup for you.
Or, you could setup Rspec with Mocha, and implement a form of testing called Behavior Driven Development or BDD.
Both approaches serve the same goal: better, tested code, easier code to maintain, and in general, just better practices.
My advice is to start with unit tests, and then move to Rspec later.
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Posted in Scout, PlaceShout, Business | no comments
Derek
We recently sat down with Geoffrey Grosenbach for the Ruby on Rails Podcast and talked about Scout, PlaceShout, working as a remote team, and balancing client work with internal projects.
Listen to the Podcast
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Andre
Hotspotr -- my community-driven WiFi hotspot site -- announced a content-providing partnership with LightPole today. You can read the press release over at http://lightpole.net/press/index.html.
Hotspotr lists over 8,000 user-contributed WiFi hotspots. LightPole provides a mobile client you can use to browse Hotspotr from your mobile phone using an interactive, maps-based interface:
You can download the LightPole mobile client for free from the Hotspotr homepage.
Separately, Hotspotr is also taking advantage of the Google Maps streetview functionality. For locations where streetview is available, you will have the option to browse the 3-d streetview imagery:
See an example at the Dolores Park Cafe in San Francisco.
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Derek
We thought you’d like Scout – but we didn’t expect to reach our 100 account limit in about an hour and a half.
We’re already collecting feedback and gearing up for the next launch.
Don’t worry if you didn’t get in this time – we’re collecting lots of feedback for our full launch.
If you’re need some more help getting Scout configured, have some feedback, want help writing a plugin, or just want to chat about Scout, drop by our public chat room or forums.
Thanks, and stay tuned for the launch!
