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Getting started with Grunt.js

Grunt is a command line Javascript task runner utilizing Node.js platform. It runs custom defined repetitious tasks and manages process automation. The project’s homepage lists many big players in software development that use Grunt in their development as part of continuous integration workflow. Use case of Grunt.js Let’s say you’re a front-end developer and you […]

Aleksandar Olić

Deploying PHP Applications with Rocketeer and Docker

Deploying web applications is an integral part of modern web development. From this need, many tools have emerged to make the process as easy as possible. Rocketeer is heavily influenced by Capistrano and Laravel’s principle of elegant code. It strives to make the deployment process accessible for everyone. We’ll see if it manages to do […]

How to Deploy Sinatra Applications with Capistrano

Introduction Rails is great, but often it is not the best tool for creating smaller applications. For smaller size apps, especially those that are mainly focused around pure JSON APIs, Sinatra is often a far better option. Unfortunately, the majority of learning resources in the Ruby ecosystem are focused on Rails, and leave out the […]

Igor Šarčević

Why We Need Continuous Integration

Introduction Continuous integration is a practice that helps developers deliver better software in a more reliable and predictable manner. This article deals with the problems developers face while writing, testing and delivering software to end users. Through exploring continuous integration, we will cover how we can overcome these issues. The Problem First, we will take […]

Continuous Integration and Deployment of PHP applications from GitHub to Heroku with Semaphore

The practice of continuous delivery is steadily gaining ground in the PHP community. It is no wonder: continuous integration keeps your development risk-free by automatically testing every new version of the code, while continuous deployment helps you ship working code faster by automatically deploying working versions of your application to your users. All together, these […]

Introduction to Chef

Treating infrastructure as code refers to writing code, via any descriptive language, to manage server provisioning and configuration process in addition to deployment of actual application code. It involves adopting automated testing and related practices that are already used in modern application development, such as version control, integration testing, small deployments, use of design patterns […]

Aleksandar Diklic

BDD on Rails with Minitest, Part 2: Implementing a Feature

This is a guest blog post from Chris Kottom, a longtime Ruby and Rails developer and maker of the best chili con carne to be found in Prague.

Marko Anastasov

A Look Inside Development at 500px

This time we chatted with Devon Noel de Tilly, QA Engineer at 500px, a photo community for discovering, sharing, buying and selling inspiring photography powered by creative people worldwide.

Marko Anastasov

On Working With A Safety Net with Michael Siegfried, Senior Engineer at Procore

We are talking with Michael Siegfried, Senior Engineer at Procore, one of the fastest growing companies in USA.

Marko Anastasov

Ruby version usage in commercial projects, 2014 edition

Last year we calculated how much each version of Ruby was used by private projects on Semaphore, so we decided to run the numbers again and compare...

On Writing Clear Code with Jason Hutchens, Chief Scientist at Agworld

We are talking with Jason Hutchens, Chief Scientist at Agworld, a company building software as a service for farm management.

Marko Anastasov

Continuous Integration and Deployment of PHP applications from GitHub to Heroku with Semaphore

The practice of continuous delivery is steadily gaining ground in the PHP community. It is no wonder: continuous integration keeps your development risk-free by automatically testing every new version of the code, while continuous deployment helps you ship working code faster by automatically deploying working versions of your application to your users. All together, these […]

Setting up the BDD stack on a new Rails 4 application

In this post, I will take you through the steps needed to set up our prefered BDD stack on a new Rails 4 application and explain why each tool is important.

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