While currently working to learn Ruby, I keep forgetting the meaning of each of the range syntaxes, the difference between .. and … . I’ve developed a mnemonic to help me. 1..10 is the Ruby inclusive syntax, so 10 would be included in the values. 1…10 is the Ruby exclusive syntax, so 10 would be […]

I just spent this past weekend at the No Fluff Just Stuff conference, the Raleigh edition.  It was a very enlightening experience.  While it is a Java focused conference, it is still a great event to learn a lot, even if you aren’t a Java heavy developer, like myself.  I think I speak for a […]

At the tail end of last year I wrote a piece in which I waxed about a possible maybe operator. I haven’t looked into implementing anything like it because my time is limited and I don’t feel I (yet) have the technical expertise to do so. However, I was reminded of the concept again when […]