#ReadingWeek/5

#Ruby&Rails

Introduction to Rails 5 Attributes — Jake Yesbeck

One feature that particularly stood out is the introduction of ActiveRecord Attributes. This feature allows a developer to assert a specific type for a given attribute and an optional default value.

Ruby Time & Date Classes — Jesus Castello

In this article you will learn what time-related classes and methods are available in Ruby and how to use them.

#Infographics

I Analyzed 250 SaaS Pricing Pages — Benjamin Brandall

Before jumping right in, it’s interesting to note that of these 250 companies, only 48 had pricing available. The rest had pricing available on request by contacting the sales people.

How Developers Use Databases Today — JetBrains

The population of developers working with relational databases and SQL doesn’t shrink but is expanding naturally with the growth of the global developer community. Developers keep writing SQL code, browsing data, running queries and taking care of their performance. A lot of business logic still resides within the database: stored procedures and triggers continue to be heavily used.

#(Gu)estimations

Software estimations are impossible — Christian Maioli

“Can you estimate these new tasks for me?”, asks your boss. Remember that Rubik’s cube you couldn’t solve? How many hours do you think it would take you if you gave it another shot?

Introducing Guesstimate — Ozzie Gooen

This is why I’ve made Guesstimate, a spreadsheet that’s as easy to use as existing spreadsheets, but works for uncertain values.

#Interviewing

Interviewing is Broken — Peter Hunt Welch

First question: “So, if a monster attacked Manhattan, how would you evacuate it?”

#Video

JS game loop explained in 5 minutes — Simon Swain