Lewis JonesSimple Guide to Creating Ruby GemsI’ve wrote this guide because I made my first gem recently and I wanted a tutorial that went through the basics steps mostly as a reference…May 2, 2016May 2, 2016
Lewis JonesMongoDB and meAs my fellow Makers know and are probably bored of hearing, I used to work in application support for a company that was heavily reliant on…Sep 9, 2015Sep 9, 2015
Lewis JonesRails Routes and RESTful designAfter 6 weeks at Makers we have been introduced to Ruby on Rails and it’s a bit of a conceptual leap after Sinatra. I liked Sinatra as you…Sep 2, 2015Sep 2, 2015
Lewis JonesConvention over ConfigurationConvention over configuration is a software design approach which aims to simplify the process of of setting up an application. It also…Sep 1, 2015Sep 1, 2015
Lewis JonesPrototype InheritanceJavascript and some other languages including NewtonScript and io are prototype-based. Prototypal languages differ from object oriented…Aug 19, 2015Aug 19, 2015
Lewis JonesSemantic HTMLHTML5 introduced semantic elements. In the past html elements were split by <div> and <span> tags normally with a class or id to describe…Aug 18, 2015Aug 18, 2015
Lewis JonesWhy use an ORMAn ORM stands for Object Relational Mapping. ORM frameworks such as data mapper and active record are used to provide communication between…Aug 12, 2015Aug 12, 2015
Lewis JonesMVC: Model View ControllerMVC is an architectural design pattern commonly used for web applications. In this design pattern the application is split into three…Aug 11, 2015Aug 11, 2015
Lewis JonesReST : Representational State TransferReST is architectural style for the relationship between clients and servers. ReST separates the user interface concerns from the data…Aug 5, 2015Aug 5, 2015
Lewis JonesCookies and SessionsIn the world of the internet Cookies and Sessions are used to retain information between clients and web-servers.Aug 3, 2015Aug 3, 2015