Josh Clayton

Articles / web (26)

• Reducing Leaky Abstractions Introduced by ActiveRecord
  March 30, 2022

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  • good code
  • rails
  • ruby
  • web
• Updating Our Technical Interview
  May 11, 2018

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  • hiring
  • interviews
  • rails
  • ruby
  • web
• Bridging Elm and JavaScript with Ports
  October 25, 2017

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  • elm
  • functional programming
  • javascript
  • web
• factory_bot
  October 24, 2017

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  • factory_bot
  • rails
  • rspec
  • ruby
  • testing
  • web
• Chain RSpec Matchers for Improved Test Readability
  March 9, 2017

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  • rails
  • rspec
  • ruby
  • testing
  • web
• Lessons Learned: Avoiding Primitives in Elm
  January 10, 2017

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  • elm
  • functional programming
  • haskell
  • web
• "Tell, Don't Ask" in Elixir: A Story of Pattern-Matching
  December 21, 2016

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  • elixir
  • functional programming
  • phoenix
  • web
• Make Phoenix Even Faster with a GenServer-backed Key Value Store
  July 13, 2016

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  • elixir
  • phoenix
  • web
• Testing Elixir Plugs
  May 11, 2016

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  • elixir
  • functional programming
  • phoenix
  • testing
  • web
• Routing in Elm with Hop and Mailboxes
  May 3, 2016

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  • elm
  • web
• Decorating Arrays in Ember
  October 6, 2015

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  • ember
  • javascript
  • web
• Rails on Docker
  February 19, 2015

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  • docker
  • rails
  • web
• Testing and Environment Variables
  December 3, 2014

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  • good code
  • rails
  • rspec
  • ruby
  • testing
  • web
• Acceptance Tests at a Single Level of Abstraction
  September 2, 2014

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  • good code
  • rails
  • rspec
  • ruby
  • testing
  • web
• Speed Up Tests by Selectively Avoiding Factory Bot
  August 14, 2014

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  • factory_bot
  • rails
  • rspec
  • testing
  • web
• Segment.io and Ruby
  July 30, 2014

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  • dependency injection
  • good code
  • rails
  • rspec
  • testing
  • web
• FactoryBot for Seed Data?
  November 13, 2013

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  • factory_bot
  • ruby
  • testing
  • web
• Backbone.js, JSON API, and Relational Data: A Primer
  October 2, 2013

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  • api
  • backbone.js
  • javascript
  • json
  • json:api
  • rails
  • web
• Fast JSON APIs in Rails with Key-Based Caches and ActiveModel::Serializers
  May 30, 2013

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  • api
  • json
  • performance
  • rails
  • web
• Process Jobs Inline when Running Acceptance Tests
  January 14, 2013

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  • rails
  • rspec
  • testing
  • web
• Better Acceptance Tests with Page Objects
  November 15, 2012

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  • good code
  • rails
  • rspec
  • testing
  • web
• Using the Draper Gem, Round One
  August 23, 2012

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  • decorator
  • design pattern
  • good code
  • rails
  • rspec
  • testing
  • web
• Ruby and KISS, Sitting in a Tree
  August 16, 2012

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  • rails
  • ruby
  • web
• Mind-Bending Factories
  July 31, 2012

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  • factory_bot
  • ruby
  • testing
  • web
• Constrain Yourself
  May 8, 2012

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  • rails
  • web
• Decoupling Data from Presentation
  February 2, 2012

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  • cucumber
  • good code
  • rails
  • testing
  • web