Introduction to Markdown

I've recently watched a short video about github and the use of Markdown. Since WordPress supports the use of markdown i decided to get used to it for this blog but also for GitHub, example: ReadMe.md, where md stands for markdown. Markdown is a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers. Markdown allows you to write using …

Build a TDD RESTful JSON TODO-List API (pt.3)

Next on our list: controller. class TodosController < ApplicationController before_action :set_todo, only: [:show, :update, :destroy] # GET /todos def index @todos = Todo.all json_response(@todos) end # POST /todos def create @todo = Todo.create!(todo_params) json_response(@todo, :created) end # GET /todos/:id def show json_response(@todo) end # PUT /todos/:id def update @todo.update(todo_params) head :no_content end # DELETE /todos/:id …

Build a TDD RESTful JSON TODO-List API (pt.2)

Fixing the failures   ...by editing our two models: /app/models/todo.rb # app/models/todo.rb class Todo < ApplicationRecord # model association has_many :items, dependent: :destroy # validations validates_presence_of :title, :created_by end app/models/item.rb class Item < ApplicationRecord belongs_to :todo # validation validates_presence_of :name end running bundle exec rspec again will result in 0 errors as expected: Finished in …

Build a TDD RESTful JSON TODO-List API (pt.1)

I've found this awesome Tutorial on how to create a API, that is also test driven. It's going to be a easy ToDo-List where users can menage their ToDo-Lists and ToDo-Items. Let's start:   With Rails version 5, it's possible to do a API only application, which means: slim set of middlewear ApplicationController > Application::API …

Rails Conf 2013: The Magic Tricks of Testing by Sandi Metz

I've watched a great video on Youtube about Testing, by the awesome Sandi Metz. I really like her style when shes holding speeches at Ruby Cons. I think the whole Testing thing is really important for every developer so I give it a try and summarize what she said. Testing Alot of programmers dont bother …

Building a RESTful API

What makes and API RESTful? each individual request should have no context of the requests that came before it each request that modifies the database should act on one and only one row of one and only one table.Requests that only fetch information should get zero or more rows from one table. The resource endpoints …

RESTful API

Hey guys, it's been nearly a month since I've written my last post. I've been busy with university. I've finished my little project, a recreation of a basic forum. It has user authentication, the abilty to make post entries and also commenting is possible. In the beginning I had alot more ideas for my first …