For people with an interest in the technical side of the project, here are notes on the configuration of our development, test, and production environments. For those who couldn’t care less if PlaybookIQ is powered by mongrels or mice – don’t run away yet. Later this week, I will have the beginnings of actual product … Continue reading Making of a Web App: Part 11 – Technical Interlude

Making of a Web App is Synap Software’s step-by-step look at designing and developing a web app. In this article I share why, despite best attempts by the anti-paperwork crowd, I like written use cases. Use cases: Contribute directly to the final, deployed app. Expose risks to simplicity. Expose the level of development work required. … Continue reading Making of a Web App: Part 9 – Why I Hope No One Reads My Use Cases

I understand about indecision But I don’t care if I get behind People living in competition All I want is to have my peace of mind - “Peace of Mind”, Boston Avoid Indecision, Grant Peace of Mind If you are a software designer, your goal should be to have every page have one purpose. This … Continue reading Software Design: Grant Peace of Mind

I’m here at The Rails Edge Conference in Denver and will summarize some of the talks. Let me take a moment to put in a personal recommendation for this group of speakers and the Pragmatic Studio conferences. They are a professional group who put on a well run conference. Highly recommended. Building UI Frameworks – … Continue reading The Rails Edge Denver – Bruce Williams

I’m here at The Rails Edge Conference in Denver and will summarize some of the talks. This topic is of interest only to those interested in Ruby or Rails, so if that is you – read on. If not, please disregard. Active Record Demystified by Marcel Molina Jr. Rails Core Team member Marcel Molina Jr. … Continue reading The Rails Edge Denver – Marcel Molina Jr

I’m here at The Rails Edge Conference in Denver and will summarize some of the talks throughout the conference. This topic is of interest only to those interested in Ruby or Rails, so if that is you – read on. If not, please disregard. Dave Thomas – Buried Treasure Dave gave a great talk on … Continue reading The Rails Edge Denver – Dave Thomas

Tomorrow I will be attending the Day 1 of The Rails Edge series presented by the good folks at Pragmatic Studio. Choice of Language and Framework Our company is solidly behind web applications as the future of software delivery, especially as Internet connectivity becomes ubiquitous. We are also commited to Ruby on Rails as our … Continue reading The Rails Edge Denver

Ruby for Rails is a must have for Ruby on Rails developers. While you could develop Rails applications without understanding Ruby, to do would completely miss out on the reasons Rails was created in Ruby. Ruby is a powerful and enjoyable language. For those of you that do not know of David Black, here is … Continue reading Ruby for Rails Book