Ruby on Rails, even eight years after its first release, is still recognized as one of the best frameworks for Web applications for many reasons, not the least of which are its cost (it’s free) and its scalability (sites as big as Twitter have used it). Rails 4.0 was released last year, and soon after, … Read more
I recently read an article about CodeEval, a free gamified website for ranking developers, and bringing employers and developers together. Essentially, a developer can sign up, complete coding challenges, and earn badges and a “Hacker Ranking” that will compare his or her skills to others who have signed up on the site. Also, completing some … Read more
Validating email addresses using regular expressions can be daunting, especially if you read articles like the RFC 822. The best regex I’ve found so far was on StackOverflow, and it can be implemented easily: The bona fide regex for email addresses is ridiculously long, and looks like some alien language rather than a useful code. … Read more