Method Dispatch in Ruby

an introduction for .NET Developers

Rob Gough

Professional Software Developer, Amateur Broadcaster and Full-Time Geek

October 09, 2013

One of the things that makes ruby special is the basic idea that everything is an object. You probably already know that even nil (the ruby version of null) is in fact an object, which allows you to do nifty things like simply ask an object if it is nil with .nil?.

What you might not know is how method dispatch works in the ruby . . .

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Branching with git

a basic introduction

Rob Gough

Professional Software Developer, Amateur Broadcaster and Full-Time Geek

September 29, 2013

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If you're using git for source control and haven't started making use of branching yet – this will hopefully give you the nudge that you need.

What is branching?

Imagine that you're working on a feature for a project. You're half way through when somebody asks you to fix an urgent problem on a file . . .

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Hello

New Blog, New Start (also, where's the import?)

Rob Gough

Professional Software Developer, Amateur Broadcaster and Full-Time Geek

September 28, 2013

As is customary with anyone starting a new blog, my first post here is a warm greeting.

The intention here is to write a mix of professional and personal, and likely my personal thinkings of professional happenings. Open and honest has always served me well in real life, and I hope it does here too.

It goes without saying . . .

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