Jim Weirich
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where they keep going back
- RubyConf6 editions2007–2012
- MountainWest RubyConf2 editions2008–2011
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- Matt Yoho2×
- Aaron Pattersononce
- Chris Nelsononce
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who talks about the same things
- Craig Buchek11 talks
- James Edward Gray II9 talks
- Aja Hammerly31 talks
- Dave Thomas33 talks
- Sarah Mei24 talks
- Daniel Azuma9 talks
| title | conference | date |
|---|---|---|
| Keynote | Big Ruby 2013 | 2013-02-28 |
A real project builds a TCP-based drone manager that pumps messages between devices and a monitor, reduces Java’s ~4,000 lines to ~300–400 (a 10x savings in… | ||
| Y Not- Adventures in Functional Programming | RubyConf 2012 | 2012-11-01 |
Walks from lambda calculus to a working Ruby implementation that computes recursion without named methods, using mechanical refactorings: Tennent… | ||
| Power Rake | GoRuCo 2012 | 2012-06-23 |
Shows how to take a directory (including subdirectories) of images, use Rake file lists are lazy to generate thumb names with pathmap, and declare dynamic file… | ||
| Basic Rake | RailsConf 2012 | 2012-04-23 |
Explains how Rake models jobs as tasks with explicit dependencies and executes them depth‑first so prerequisites run once, preventing duplicate runs; shows… | ||
| Writing Solid Ruby Code | RubyConf 2011 | 2011-09-29 |
Argues that the single best way to raise confidence is repeatable tests and shows concrete tactics: run mutation testing with Heckle to find weak specs, fuzz… | ||
| Ruby Coding High | Rocky Mountain Ruby 2011 | 2011-08-31 |
A musical selection for your enjoyment. http://amara.org/v/GZC6/ | ||
| Ruby Hero Tenderlove! | Ruby on Ales 2011 | 2011-03-24 |
A live musical parody that praises Tenderlove to the Ultraman melody and includes shoutouts to Rails and Arel needs ASTs rather than code demos. The upload… | ||
| Securing Your Rails App | Ruby on Ales 2011 | 2011-03-24 |
Live demos show concrete failures and fixes: a crafted filter string extracted encrypted admin passwords via SQL injection; unchecked form params mass… | ||
| Securing Your Rails App | MountainWest RubyConf 2011 | 2011-03-17 |
Demonstrates concrete Rails 3 failures: string-interpolated queries allow SQL injection that can dump admin password hashes, unchecked params permit… | ||
| The Polite Programmer's Guide to Ruby Etiquette | RubyConf 2010 | 2010-11-11 |
by: Jim Weirich, Chris Nelson, Ed Sumerfield
Fellow rubyists, are you tired of constantly dealing with impolite and boorish code that invades your personal… | ||
| Keynote: (Parenthetically Speaking) | GoGaRuCo 2010 | 2010-09-17 |
Covers a concrete tour of SICP (the SICP wizard book), showing working Ruby code that builds functions at runtime (a make_find_root factory that yields… | ||
| SOLID Ruby | RubyConf 2009 | 2009-11-19 |
Argues that SOLID still matters for Ruby but maps to code to protocols rather than interfaces, demonstrates SRP by splitting rake’s application and task… | ||
| What All Rubyists Should Know About Threads | RubyConf 2008 | 2008-11-06 |
Shows that Ruby programs with threads break predictably: simple account example loses hundreds of thousands due to a race condition; adding a mutex synchronize… | ||
| Shaving with Occam | MountainWest RubyConf 2008 | 2008-03-28 |
Explains why tiny cores plus simple rules beat sprawling frameworks and shows concrete results: implements a Lisp interpreter in Ruby in about an hour… | ||
| Advanced Ruby Class Design | RubyConf 2007 | 2007-11-02 |
Three concrete examples: a lazy FileList for rake that uses delegation and to_ary rather than inheriting from Array to avoid unresolved concatenation bugs… | ||
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