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251: Absent-Minded Whistling

251: Absent-Minded Whistling

FromThe Bike Shed


251: Absent-Minded Whistling

FromThe Bike Shed

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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Jul 7, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

On this week's episode, Steph and Chris discuss using JSONB to store survey responses and the differences between JSON and JSONB, using (or not using!) exceptions in Ruby and the fail keyword, the pros and cons of namespacing models in Rails to organize features, and a new recommendation for running tests from vim.
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Seagull Mic Drop (https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/001/383/162/20c.jpg)
vim-test (https://github.com/vim-test/vim-test) plugin for running tests
vim-rspec (https://github.com/thoughtbot/vim-rspec) thoughtbot's plugin for running specs from vim
JSON types in Postgres (https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/datatype-json.html)
Ruby fail keyword (https://apidock.com/ruby/Kernel/fail)
Avdi Grimm and Jim Weirich on exceptions (https://avdi.codes/jim-weirich-on-exceptions/)
The Zen of Python (https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/)
Idris programming language (https://www.idris-lang.org/)
Released:
Jul 7, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

On The Bike Shed, hosts Chris Toomey and Steph Viccari discuss their development experience and challenges with Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, and whatever else is drawing their attention, admiration, or ire this week.