Dave Kennedy

Dave is a web application developer residing in sunny Glasgow, Scotland. He works daily with Ruby but has been known to wear PHP and C++ hats. In his spare time he snowboards on plastic slopes, only reads geek books and listens to music that is certainly not suitable for his age.

Dave's articles

Much Ado About Diversity

Ruby

By Dave Kennedy, July 25, 2013

It’s fantastic that the Ruby community has people who care that much about diversity. They don’t just care, they get of their duff and go out and do something about it.

Giant Killing with Beanstalkd

Ruby

By Dave Kennedy, June 20, 2013

Give Vagrant a Place in Your Workflow

Ruby

By Dave Kennedy, April 02, 2013

Getting Your Javascript Under Control

Ruby

By Dave Kennedy, March 14, 2013

Command Line Applications for the Rest of Us

Ruby

By Dave Kennedy, February 28, 2013

State Machines in Ruby

Ruby

By Dave Kennedy, January 28, 2013

Finite State Machines (FSMs) are all around us and if we open our eyes long enough you can see them in play when you buy a can of soda, progress through e-commerce shopping carts, pass through electronic turn styles in train stations.

Rspec-Given

Ruby

By Dave Kennedy, October 16, 2012

Continuous Integration with CiJoe

Ruby

By Dave Kennedy, September 25, 2012

Working with Refinery

Ruby

By Dave Kennedy, September 18, 2012

Rails Mass Assignment Issue: A PHP Perspective

Ruby

By Dave Kennedy, March 19, 2012