Broke a 3 month absence on RailsTips by posting a long article on a few guidelines that have improved my code.

Four Guidelines That I Feel Have Improved My Code

railstips.org 05 Jul '12, 7pm

Broke a 3 month absence on RailsTips by posting a long article on a few guidelines that have improved my code.

I have been thinking a lot about isolation, dependencies and clean code of late. I know there is a lot of disagreement with people vehemently standing in both camps. I certainly will not say either side is right or wrong, but what follows is what I feel has improved my code. I post it here to formalize some recent thoughts and, if I am lucky, get some good feedback. Before I rush into the gory details, I feel I should mention that I went down this path, not as an architecture astronout, but out of genuine pain in what I was working on. My models were growing large. My tests were getting slow. Things did not feel “right”. I started watching Gary Bernhardt’s Destroy All Software screencasts. He is a big proponent of testing in isolation. Definitely go get a subscription and take a day to get caught up. On top of DAS , I started reading everything I could on the subject of gr...

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@henrik » 04 Aug '12, 3pm
Loved this post by @jnunemaker: "Four Guidelines That I Feel Have Improved My Code" [link]
@henrik » 04 Aug '12, 10am
“Learning without reflection and writing is not true learning for me.” [link]
@deveoteam » 20 Jul '12, 7am
A lengthy read, but an interesting one. @jnunemaker gives you 4 tips to make your code better. [link]
@rizwanreza » 18 Jul '12, 1am
“Reflecting on why something feels better and then writing about it formalizes it in my head and has the added…” [link]
@mhamrah » 18 Jul '12, 12am
Four Guidelines That I Feel Have Improved My Code [link] (via Instapaper)
@suginoy » 17 Jul '12, 11am
よく読もう / “Four Guidelines That I Feel Have Improved My Code // RailsTips by John Nunemaker” [link]
@StephenBallNC » 16 Jul '12, 12pm
Great article, but just a day to catch up with DAS? Talk about mind melt. [link]
@russellwinkler » 15 Jul '12, 3pm
Great read for any developer on SRP, abstraction and testing [link]
@yann_ck » 13 Jul '12, 9am
RT @jbescoyez: "Unit tests are there to drive our design. Acceptance tests are there to make sure that things are actually working" -- [link]
@jbescoyez » 13 Jul '12, 8am
"Unit tests are there to drive our design. Acceptance tests are there to make sure that things are actually working" -- [link]
@doctorzaius » 12 Jul '12, 6pm
I think I'm OK with mixing assignment/condition if the assignment is wrapped in parens. Makes it expliciter. As seen at [link]
@jedisct1 » 12 Jul '12, 3pm
RT @genexp: "Four guidelines I feel have improved my [Ruby] code" [link] #goodread
@genexp » 12 Jul '12, 3pm
"Four guidelines I feel have improved my [Ruby] code" [link] #goodread
@sergiopereira » 12 Jul '12, 3pm
So here's proof that when Ruby code grows up it becomes Java: [link]
@moonmaster9000 » 12 Jul '12, 1pm
nunemaker's path to cleaner code. [link]
@jerrydeng93 » 12 Jul '12, 1pm
Fresh post from John, always practical, relevant , and honest post on clean code [link]
@Benco » 11 Jul '12, 5pm
Here's a good article about code isolation and how to maintain an ever-growing code base. [link]
@ijonas » 11 Jul '12, 10am
Good article if you can't be bothered reading the #goos book - Four Guidelines That I Feel Have Improved My Code [link]
@tek_news » 11 Jul '12, 2am
Reddit/p: Four Guidelines That I Feel Have Improved My Code [link]
@p_van_nielen » 10 Jul '12, 10am
RT @codepoet_ch: Four Guidelines That I Feel Have Improved My Code // RailsTips by John Nunemaker [link]
@roidrage » 10 Jul '12, 7am
@craigwebster with lots of smaller classes. i hear they call it single responsibility principle: [link] :)
@roidrage » 09 Jul '12, 1pm
@kdaigle more thoughts on the topic here: [link]
@subelsky » 07 Jul '12, 2pm
Very useful Ruby design guidelines from @railstipscom [link]
@jacortinas » 06 Jul '12, 6pm
Four Guidelines That I Feel Have Improved My Code // RailsTips by John Nunemaker [link] via @prismatic
@zircde » 06 Jul '12, 5pm
Four Guidelines That I Feel Have Improved My Code [link] via @zite
@abughat » 06 Jul '12, 4pm
Also, @jnunemaker wrote a good article on Ruby and isolation, dependencies, clean code: [link]
@sneakin » 06 Jul '12, 1pm
RT @panozzaj: "Several times my wife asked me to get off my hands and knees and to kindly stop roaring about SRP." [link] #rails #testing
@panozzaj » 06 Jul '12, 1pm
"Several times my wife asked me to get off my hands and knees and to kindly stop roaring about SRP." [link] #rails #testing
@sleeptillseven » 06 Jul '12, 10am
RT @roidrage: Still contemplating @jnunemaker's post: [link] Single responsibility principle in particular.
@roidrage » 06 Jul '12, 8am
Still contemplating @jnunemaker's post: [link] Single responsibility principle in particular.
@gottfrois » 06 Jul '12, 7am
RT @JobProd_Ruby: RT @jnunemaker Four Guidelines That I Feel Have Improved My Code [link]
@joaomdmoura » 06 Jul '12, 12am
RT @lucashungaro: Four Guidelines That I Feel Have Improved My Code, by John Nunemaker (that's how I've been coding too and it's great) [link]
@lucashungaro » 06 Jul '12, 12am
Four Guidelines That I Feel Have Improved My Code, by John Nunemaker (that's how I've been coding too and it's great) [link]
@rbudiharso » 05 Jul '12, 11pm
Must read this... [link]
@Stevenbeales » 05 Jul '12, 10pm
Four Guidelines That I Feel Have Improved My Code // RailsTips by John Nunemaker: [link] via @AddThis
@johnwards » 05 Jul '12, 9pm
RT @theStatusCode: Four Guidelines That I Feel Have Improved My Code: [link] (from GitHub's John Nunemaker)
@statuscode » 05 Jul '12, 9pm
Four Guidelines That I Feel Have Improved My Code: [link] (from GitHub's John Nunemaker)
@rtopitt » 05 Jul '12, 9pm
leitura recomendada: Four Guidelines That I Feel Have Improved My Code [link] #ruby
@seriouslyruby » 05 Jul '12, 9pm
Four Guidelines That I Feel Have Improved My Code: I have been thinking a lot about isolation, depe... [link] #ruby #rails
@rbudiharso » 06 Jul '12, 8am
Four Guidelines That I Feel Have Improved My Code // RailsTips by John Nunemaker [link]
@rubyalert » 06 Jul '12, 8am
Four Guidelines That I Feel Have Improved My Code: [link]
@lucapette » 06 Jul '12, 7am
This: [link] by @jnunemaker
@aykutfarsak » 06 Jul '12, 7am
Four Guidelines That I Feel Have Improved My Code [link]
@thetamind » 06 Jul '12, 2am
RT @jnunemaker: Broke a 3 month absence on RailsTips by posting a long article on a few guidelines that have improved my code. [link]
@navinpeiris » 06 Jul '12, 1am
RT @theStatusCode: Four Guidelines That I Feel Have Improved My Code: [link] (from GitHub's John Nunemaker)
@cglee » 05 Jul '12, 10pm
RT @jnunemaker: Broke a 3 month absence on RailsTips by posting a long article on a few guidelines that have improved my code. [link]
@gaustin » 05 Jul '12, 10pm
RT @jnunemaker: Broke a 3 month absence on RailsTips by posting a long article on a few guidelines that have improved my code. [link]
@planetonrails » 05 Jul '12, 9pm
Four Guidelines That I Feel Have Improved My Code [link]
@JobProd_Ruby » 05 Jul '12, 9pm
RT @jnunemaker Four Guidelines That I Feel Have Improved My Code [link]
@hnfirehose » 05 Jul '12, 9pm
Four Guidelines That I Feel Have Improved My Code: [link]

Four Guidelines That I Feel Have Improved My Code

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