October 2007 Archives
Problems with Chronic gem and Daylight savings time
I love the Chronic natural language date parsing gem. I've used it in most of my projects. Unfortunately, it has some problems with daylight savings time. A fix is inside.
Continue Reading…Posted by Mike Mangino on Oct 29, 2007
Payment Processing in Rails
I've noticed a disturbing pattern in the applications I've reviewed. I've seen two different applications store credit card information in clear text. Inside, I'll talk a little about how we avoid that.
Continue Reading…Posted by Mike Mangino on Oct 05, 2007
Back from Ruby East
I'm back from Ruby East. I had a great time. I really enjoyed David A Black's talk on "Per-Object Behavior in Ruby." It was a great explanation of Singleton Classes and how they are used. I also really enjoyed Jeremy McAnally's Intro to Ruby talk. I'm excited to see his book!. My slides are now online as well. If you saw me and have any feedback, please send me an email.
Posted by Mike Mangino on Oct 01, 2007