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Thoughtbot really has some smart people who make great things. I've really liked both Hound and Formkeep (not to mention their plethora of open source projects

by urs2102 11y ago

Thoughtbot really has some smart people who make great things. I've really liked both Hound and Formkeep (not to mention their plethora of open source projects like Suspenders, Liftoff, Paperclip, Factory Girl and more). I always get the feeling they eat their own dog food and really like their contributions to the ruby community. Great work guys - looking forward to trying this out in a project!

KurtMueller 11y ago
Shout out to Thoughtbot, a company who has influenced my Rails development thinking, workflow, and habits. vim-rspec in conjunction with vim-rails (by Tim Pope, not affiliated with Thoughtbot) has tightened my red-green-refactor loop. It's so nice being able to quickly iterate using this methodology and workflow. Their weekly iteration videos (at least, the ones that delve into best practices) are great for beginner-intermediate rails developers. Any rails developer just getting started should watch the first 10 or so videos with Joe Ferris and Ben Orenstein - they're fantastic. Finally, I really like their ruby gems. I'm always a bit weary of pulling in new gems to a project, but Thoughtbot's gems have always made my life simpler. I recently came across their nifty 'Scenic' gem which allows you to add views to your app - you write a view migration and have the view sql statement reflected in your schema. You can then access that view like any other ActiveRecord model. Anyway, I just had to give props to Thoughtbot somewhere. Figured this HN post would be a good place to do so :).
- silversmith 11y ago
  Oh wow, Scenic looks really nice, thank you. I have a unreleased, home-made solution like that, but the gem looks much tidier. And apparently supports `change` migrations, something that has been on my to-do list for the longest time now :)
  - KurtMueller 11y ago
    It is. It has made my app easier to work. Adding scopes onto view-backed models has been painless.

by urs2102 11y ago

KurtMueller 11y ago

Shout out to Thoughtbot, a company who has influenced my Rails development thinking, workflow, and habits. vim-rspec in conjunction with vim-rails (by Tim Pope, not affiliated with Thoughtbot) has tightened my red-green-refactor loop. It's so nice being able to quickly iterate using this methodology and workflow. Their weekly iteration videos (at least, the ones that delve into best practices) are great for beginner-intermediate rails developers. Any rails developer just getting started should watch the first 10 or so videos with Joe Ferris and Ben Orenstein - they're fantastic. Finally, I really like their ruby gems. I'm always a bit weary of pulling in new gems to a project, but Thoughtbot's gems have always made my life simpler. I recently came across their nifty 'Scenic' gem which allows you to add views to your app - you write a view migration and have the view sql statement reflected in your schema. You can then access that view like any other ActiveRecord model. Anyway, I just had to give props to Thoughtbot somewhere. Figured this HN post would be a good place to do so :).

silversmith 11y ago
Oh wow, Scenic looks really nice, thank you. I have a unreleased, home-made solution like that, but the gem looks much tidier. And apparently supports `change` migrations, something that has been on my to-do list for the longest time now :)
- KurtMueller 11y ago
  It is. It has made my app easier to work. Adding scopes onto view-backed models has been painless.