Autogenerated module loading and ES6
When creating great applications it is important to provide systems that allow features to be implemented and maintained as discrete units of code. It is also »
Redux in a single line of code with RxJS
The brilliance of Redux lies in it's simplicity. Redux is so simple in fact that when thought of as a stream of states, it can be »
Important technology for 2016
I wanted to write a bit about the technology I have gravitated towards over the past couple of years and to talk a little bit about »
Logging into vagrant over ssh
How to log into vagrant using nothing but the command line ssh client. I wanted to log into a vagrant box over ssh the other day »
Simple callbacks in sequence with ES6
Easy multiple flat asynchronous callbacks without installing extra modules. I often find myself tempted to reach for tools like Caolan McMahon's https://github.com/caolan/async »
Modern work environment for React + ES2015/6
So my version of Sublime Text got borked so I decided to set it up again and share all the packages and snippets I use during »
Run asynchronous functions in series with ES6
I was stuck on a problem where I was struggling with getting an array of callback taking functions to run in sequence. I didn't want to »
Use symlinks to avoid require 'hell'
I was reading the documentation for Facebook's Jest the other day and I noticed they suggest keeping your tests in an ugly test folder mainly so »
First impressions of Meteor
From working with Rails over the last couple of years, I have become increasingly aware that the problem that server-side frameworks such as Rails are trying »
Boot2docker-vm machine does not exist
I have been working on a spree application that I have "dockerised" and occasionally I would return to boot2docker and find an error starting up. What »
Discovering decoupled controls from within Angularjs Directives
For most of the last year I have been working with a large legacy Rails / AngularJS software application where we have HAML views that are enhanced »
How to install git autocomplete (Mac OSX)
So I have been on the system I have been using for almost 9 months now and only now, mainly as a result of laziness, have »
12 Factor App Presentation
After messing around quite a bit with Docker over the last few months trying to work out how to deploy a client Spree/rails app to »
Object Oriented JavaScript
This is an example of a neat way of handling classes in ECMAScript 5. ECMAScript 6 provides a way to handle classes natively which would thankfully »
Welcome
So today I am starting a new technical blog. I am hoping to present all the wonderful new technologies emerging around the JS and Rails communities »