Becoming a more productive Rails Developer
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A presentation by John McCaffrey of RailsPerformance.com on how to manage technical information, ask technical questions, expand Ruby and Rails knowledge, and work on interesting side projects for open source, non-profits or as a freelancer
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Becoming a more productive Rails Developer
- 1. Becoming a More Productive Rails Developer A Collection of semi-useful suggestions John McCaffrey @J_McCaffrey RailsPerformance.com
- 2. Intro
- 3. Intro • Independent Rails Developer
- 4. Intro • Independent Rails Developer • CodeAcademy Mentor
- 5. Intro • Independent Rails Developer • CodeAcademy Mentor • Enthusiast
- 6. Topics • DWTDSYADB aka Taking good notes • Learning opportunities after • Getting help • Taking your skills to the next level • Q&A
- 7. DWTDSYADB Don’t waste time doing *stuff you’ve already done before
- 8. Take Notes like your life depends on it • Take lots o’ notes • Searchable • Reachable • Tools: Editor, Evernote, GoogleDocs
- 9. Code = Executable notes! • Save and organize all your projects • Create tests to document what you know • Follow interesting projects on github
- 10. Links & Sites • Write em down • Delicious • Google history
- 11. Use other people’s notes • Gem install cheat • cheat heroku • cheat jquery
- 12. Local Docs • gem server • gem install yard • yard gems && yard doc • yard server • sdoc • jQuery, prototype • Rails version
- 13. Summary
- 14. Summary • Do what you can to capture what you know right now
- 15. Summary • Do what you can to capture what you know right now • When you come across something useful, write it down
- 16. Summary • Do what you can to capture what you know right now • When you come across something useful, write it down • Make a note to your past/future self
- 17. Keep learning
- 18. Keep learning • FINISH HARTL TUTORIAL!!!!!!!!!!
- 19. Keep learning • FINISH HARTL TUTORIAL!!!!!!!!!! • CodeSchool.com
- 20. Keep learning • FINISH HARTL TUTORIAL!!!!!!!!!! • CodeSchool.com • RubyKoans.com
- 21. Keep learning • FINISH HARTL TUTORIAL!!!!!!!!!! • CodeSchool.com • RubyKoans.com • Javascript: ejohn.org/apps/learn
- 22. Keep learning • FINISH HARTL TUTORIAL!!!!!!!!!! • CodeSchool.com • RubyKoans.com • Javascript: ejohn.org/apps/learn • Railscasts.com, PeepCode.com
- 23. Keep learning • FINISH HARTL TUTORIAL!!!!!!!!!! • CodeSchool.com • RubyKoans.com • Javascript: ejohn.org/apps/learn • Railscasts.com, PeepCode.com • SpeakerRate.com, Confreaks.com
- 24. Getting Help
- 25. Getting Help • 20 minute rule
- 26. Getting Help • 20 minute rule • Campfire/IM/IRC
- 27. Getting Help • 20 minute rule • Campfire/IM/IRC • Local Docs
- 28. Getting Help • 20 minute rule • Campfire/IM/IRC • Local Docs • How to Google
- 29. Getting Help • 20 minute rule • Campfire/IM/IRC • Local Docs • How to Google • Stackoverflow.com (SO)
- 30. Google Master • exclude with - • “quoted search” • fuzzy search ~ • site: specific search • define: antidisestablishmentarianism • range ‘128gb ssd $100..$230’ • Time in New York
- 31. How to ask a tech question
- 32. How to ask a tech question • Do some background research (RTFM)
- 33. How to ask a tech question • Do some background research (RTFM) • Document what you’ve tried
- 34. How to ask a tech question • Do some background research (RTFM) • Document what you’ve tried • Find the right place to ask
- 35. How to ask a tech question • Do some background research (RTFM) • Document what you’ve tried • Find the right place to ask • Post your question w/summary
- 36. How to ask a tech question • Do some background research (RTFM) • Document what you’ve tried • Find the right place to ask • Post your question w/summary • Link to full details (gist)
- 37. How to ask a tech question • Do some background research (RTFM) • Document what you’ve tried • Find the right place to ask • Post your question w/summary • Link to full details (gist) • Be willing to back up a few steps
- 38. How to ask a tech question • Do some background research (RTFM) • Document what you’ve tried • Find the right place to ask • Post your question w/summary • Link to full details (gist) • Be willing to back up a few steps • Post the resolution
- 40. Honing your Skills • Scratch your own itch, use Ruby at work!
- 41. Honing your Skills • Scratch your own itch, use Ruby at work! • Keep building apps
- 42. Honing your Skills • Scratch your own itch, use Ruby at work! • Keep building apps • Help the next batch of CA students
- 43. Honing your Skills • Scratch your own itch, use Ruby at work! • Keep building apps • Help the next batch of CA students • Help out on StackOverflow
- 44. Build your profile • Github.com • Stackoverflow.com • WorkingWithRails.com • LinkedIn.com • Blog • Build and deploy apps to heroku, etc • Contribute to open source
- 45. Freelance projects • Elance.com • oDesk.com • rentacoder.com • donanza.com • cloudspokes.com
- 46. Build something • Collaborate with others, join a team • Participate in startup weekend • Look for volunteer opportunities • taprootfoundation.org, grassroots.org • overnightWebsiteChallenge.com
- 47. Get inspired • TechStars.org, TechStars TV • Killerstartups.com • StartupsOpenSourced.com
- 48. Summary
- 49. Summary • Master your info
- 50. Summary • Master your info • Keep learning
- 51. Summary • Master your info • Keep learning • Learn how to find the right info
- 52. Summary • Master your info • Keep learning • Learn how to find the right info • Keep building apps
- 53. Summary • Master your info • Keep learning • Learn how to find the right info • Keep building apps • Collaborate with others to increase velocity
- 54. Questions? • John McCaffrey • RailsPerformance.com • @ J_McCaffrey
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- I’ll post the slides, with more links\n
- You’ve heard of DRY\n
- debugging\nsublime w/dropbox, so I can reach it from any machine, phone, whatever\ngoogle docs tech_notes and search for chmod\nEvernote\nWorkflowy\n
- hard drives are cheap, projects don’t take up much space\nkeep them sep, and runnable\nreview code in gitx\n
- use NLP tag for delicious\nerrors_\n go to cheat.heroku.com\n
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- have you covered already?\nThis becomes more important when you are working on older projects\nI’m still looking for improvements in this area\n
- Get good at taking notes\ntoday its Rails, tomorrow it will be Node.js, Backbone, IOS, etc\n
- Get good at taking notes\ntoday its Rails, tomorrow it will be Node.js, Backbone, IOS, etc\n
- Get good at taking notes\ntoday its Rails, tomorrow it will be Node.js, Backbone, IOS, etc\n
- learnivore.com, teachmetocode.com\nCA students get deal on treehouse\npuzzlenode.com mendicantuniversity.com\n
- learnivore.com, teachmetocode.com\nCA students get deal on treehouse\npuzzlenode.com mendicantuniversity.com\n
- learnivore.com, teachmetocode.com\nCA students get deal on treehouse\npuzzlenode.com mendicantuniversity.com\n
- learnivore.com, teachmetocode.com\nCA students get deal on treehouse\npuzzlenode.com mendicantuniversity.com\n
- learnivore.com, teachmetocode.com\nCA students get deal on treehouse\npuzzlenode.com mendicantuniversity.com\n
- learnivore.com, teachmetocode.com\nCA students get deal on treehouse\npuzzlenode.com mendicantuniversity.com\n
- local docs, make sure you are looking at the right version\n
- local docs, make sure you are looking at the right version\n
- local docs, make sure you are looking at the right version\n
- local docs, make sure you are looking at the right version\n
- local docs, make sure you are looking at the right version\n
- rails performance -train, bush -president, irb -board\n“Unrecoverable error, exit code 1”\n~issues\n128Mb to Kb\n
- tech comm. is helpful, if you show you did your work\nmake a screencast\nread more at http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html, \nhttp://www.gerv.net/hacking/how-to-ask-good-questions\n
- tech comm. is helpful, if you show you did your work\nmake a screencast\nread more at http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html, \nhttp://www.gerv.net/hacking/how-to-ask-good-questions\n
- tech comm. is helpful, if you show you did your work\nmake a screencast\nread more at http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html, \nhttp://www.gerv.net/hacking/how-to-ask-good-questions\n
- tech comm. is helpful, if you show you did your work\nmake a screencast\nread more at http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html, \nhttp://www.gerv.net/hacking/how-to-ask-good-questions\n
- tech comm. is helpful, if you show you did your work\nmake a screencast\nread more at http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html, \nhttp://www.gerv.net/hacking/how-to-ask-good-questions\n
- tech comm. is helpful, if you show you did your work\nmake a screencast\nread more at http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html, \nhttp://www.gerv.net/hacking/how-to-ask-good-questions\n
- tech comm. is helpful, if you show you did your work\nmake a screencast\nread more at http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html, \nhttp://www.gerv.net/hacking/how-to-ask-good-questions\n
- Use Ruby at work!\nhttp://reference.jumpingmonkey.org/programming_languages/ruby/ruby-one-liners.html\n
- Use Ruby at work!\nhttp://reference.jumpingmonkey.org/programming_languages/ruby/ruby-one-liners.html\n
- Use Ruby at work!\nhttp://reference.jumpingmonkey.org/programming_languages/ruby/ruby-one-liners.html\n
- Use Ruby at work!\nhttp://reference.jumpingmonkey.org/programming_languages/ruby/ruby-one-liners.html\n
- List yourself on various job sites\ntalk to recruiters, find out what you are missing\n
- You may not want to do this kind of work, but its useful to see what’s out there\nelance and odesk both have skills tests that you may find useful\nhttp://www.cloudspokes.com/challenges/1320\n
- in chicago\n
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