Development

In this post we will look at the patterns and tools available to us in Ruby on Rails for organizing our code. This is …

In an earlier post we introduced elasticsearch, the searchkick gem and how to use them in Rails. In this post we will …

We’ve been using the Appcelerator Titanium mobile framework for years now (from v1.0 all the way to 5.2.0 as of this …

At some point in every Rails application’s life, you’ll need to perform some kind of maintenance or code update that …

I enjoy working with WordPress for a variety reasons and one of those reasons is it’s implementation of shortcodes. …

Whenever I hear someone say, “We need a search box on our site”, my heart slightly jumps out of my chest. Achieving …

We love coffee here at Web Ascender, and I mean we LOVE IT. We typically consume 3 – 4 pots in a morning, so the path …

Materialize is a CSS framework built around Google’s Material Design principles. In general, I would describe material …

If you manage your own database servers, at some point you’ve probably thought about moving to “the cloud”. Cloud …

One of the joys and pains of being a software developer is choosing the right tools for the job. Technology moves so …

This post is a follow up to my previous Setup Android Lollipop Emulator on OS X post which covered the basics of setting …

In this two-part series, I cover testing a Rails application using RSpec and some other popular gems. If you missed Part …