Hey all, I just published a blog post on solving common Ruby environment problems[1], like the oh-so-frequent "you have activated version x.y.z of this gem, but..." Bundler issue. I hope some of you find it useful - it seems like environment problems bite people pretty regularly, and understanding what's going on should go a long ways towards avoiding these issues.
This is sort of the second in a series of answers to the questions and complaints I hear most often from people who are new(ish) to Ruby/Rails. The first was a post about migrations and schema, and why it makes sense to check in schema.rb[2]. I figure there are enough how-to instructionals in the world, so I'm aiming instead to explain *why* these practices are good. Target audience is the new-to-Rails but not entirely-new-to-programming crowd - the inquisitive folks who grumble when they're prescribed these rituals without being given the context to understand why it makes sense. Does anyone have thoughts on how I might reach more people who could benefit from this? I'd like my work to be useful to as many people as possible, but I'm not approaching this with enough ambition to engage in extended brand-building or anything. Do people still use those "planet" blog aggregators? Are there other distribution channels that work in a similar way? Ian Links: 1. http://technotes.iangreenleaf.com/posts/if-youre-having-ruby-environment-problems-i-feel-bad-for-you-son.html 2. http://technotes.iangreenleaf.com/posts/2013-09-10-rails-migrations-and-schema.html -- -- SD Ruby mailing list sdruby@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SD Ruby" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sdruby+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
