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

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Give Vagrant a Place in Your Workflow

Ruby

By Dave Kennedy, April 02, 2013

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Getting Your Javascript Under Control

Ruby

By Dave Kennedy, March 14, 2013

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Command Line Applications for the Rest of Us

Ruby

By Dave Kennedy, February 28, 2013

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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

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Continuous Integration with CiJoe

Ruby

By Dave Kennedy, September 25, 2012

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Working with Refinery

Ruby

By Dave Kennedy, September 18, 2012

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Rails Mass Assignment Issue: A PHP Perspective

Ruby

By Dave Kennedy, March 19, 2012

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RubySource: Smelly Cucumbers

Programming

By Dave Kennedy, January 13, 2012

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Smelly Cucumbers

Ruby

By Dave Kennedy, January 13, 2012

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RubySource: Cooking with Chef Solo

Ruby

By Dave Kennedy, January 03, 2012

This is the introdcution of the article RubySource: Cooking with Chef Solo, by the author Dave Kennedy.

Cooking with Chef Solo

Ruby

By Dave Kennedy, January 03, 2012

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RubySource: Basecamp-like Subdomains with Devise

Programming

By Dave Kennedy, December 08, 2011

This is the introduction of article RubySource: Basecamp-like Subdomains with Devise, by the author Dave Kennedy.

Basecamp-like Subdomains with Devise

Ruby

By Dave Kennedy, December 07, 2011

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RubySource: Rack for Middlewares

Programming

By Dave Kennedy, December 05, 2011

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Rack for Middlewares

Ruby

By Dave Kennedy, December 05, 2011

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RubySource: Class Variables – A Ruby Gotcha

Programming

By Dave Kennedy, December 04, 2011

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Capified: Painless Deployment for Free

Programming

By Dave Kennedy, November 28, 2011

In this topic, you're going to learn about Dave Kennedy's Capified: Painless Deployment for Free - Part 2. Enjoy!

Capified: Painless Deployment for Free

Ruby

By Dave Kennedy, November 28, 2011

This topic is going to teach you about Dave Kennedy's Capified: Painless Deployment for Free - Part 1. Enjoy!

Class Variables – A Ruby Gotcha

Ruby

By Dave Kennedy, November 18, 2011

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PHP vs. RUBY: What’s the Point?

Ruby

By Dave Kennedy, November 07, 2011

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Test-Driven to Distraction

Ruby

By Dave Kennedy, October 31, 2011

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RubySource: Getting to Grips with Blocks II

Programming

By Dave Kennedy, October 02, 2011

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Getting to Grips with Blocks II

Ruby

By Dave Kennedy, September 30, 2011

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RubySource: Getting to Grips with Blocks

Programming

By Dave Kennedy, September 09, 2011

This is the introduction of article RubySource: Getting to Grips with Blocks, by the author Dave Kennedy.

Getting to Grips with Blocks

Ruby

By Dave Kennedy, September 09, 2011

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RubySource: PHP to Ruby: Modules, Mixins and Ducks

Programming

By Dave Kennedy, August 15, 2011

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