Every business has slow times, with freelancing it’s the “famine” part of the feast and famine cycle. Since most freelancers are just a single person, a slow period can easily affect your lifestyle and cause a lot of stress. Once you are in the famine stage, you have to admit to yourself that it’s only …
A Fresh look and Feel
Some of you may have noticed the new design here and on LittleStreamSoftware.com. For the past two years, both sites have been using free templates for their design. The templates were good but they were not showing off the quality of work I do. So with the help from Selene from iDesignStudios, we created an …
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I offer computer programming, testing, and deployment for websites, web applications, and business tools using Ruby on Rails and the Ruby programming language. Here are some benefits of using my services: Ruby expert who will work with you to create the software you need Easy to use, high quality software Throughly tested applications, no more …
Correcting your rcov report for untested code
I’ve used rcov for a long time to check the code coverage on my Ruby applications. Code coverage shows what parts of an application have not been tested. It can be abused if it’s used as an absolute metric (must be 99%+) but it’s great to see where fragile parts might be located. A problem …
Create a link inside a Redmine hook
I was recently asked how do create a link in a Redmine plugin hook. The answer is you can use the Ruby on Rails helper link_to but you need a few additional fields for Rails to know where to link to. The standard link_to will generate an ActionView::TemplateError: 1 2 3 4 link_to("My Link", { …