Ruby5 #519

Ruby5 - Episode #519 - January 6th, 2015

• Ruby 2.2.0
  • new garbage collector is now able to collect Symbol type objects, reducing memory usage of Symbols
• Rails 4.2.0
  • AdequateRecord, the painstaking multi-year rewrite of ActiveRecord led by Aaron Patterson to improve the performance of ActiveRecord
  • ActiveJob
  • Web Console
• Finishing Moves
  • Small, focused, incredibly useful methods added to core Ruby classes
    • gem 'finishing_moves'
  • nil_chain method, which allows you to write method chains without fear of tripping over a NoMethodError and NameError exception
• RubySpec
  • Ruby Hero Brian Shirai wrote a blog post explaining why he is ending the RubySpec project
• Databound
  • provides JavaScript a simple API to the Ruby on Rails CRUD
    • User.find(8597).then(function(user) {
    • User.create({ name: 'Evelyn' }).then(function(new_user) {
    • User.where({ city: 'Loraineberg' }).then(function(users) {
• How to test controllers in Rails
  • The Magic Tricks of Testing by Sandi Metz
    • Rails Conf 2013 The Magic Tricks of Testing by Sandi Metz - YouTube
• Remembering James Golick
  • Weight Loss and Handstands — Medium
    • Joanna Haber on Twitter: ""It is possible to accomplish the seemingly impossible." Via @prlambert https://t.co/HWR2QjbPso @jamesgolick @jill380 @marleewithanE"
    • Kira Selina on Twitter: "Really great group of people paying respect to @jamesgolick @dbessler89 and sharing stories tonight #giveadamn http://t.co/Vc1RTKrwli"
  • jamesgolick (James Golick) · GitHub
    • resource_controller
  • Talks | James Golick

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