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March 12, 2017 by Daniel P. Clark

Installing the Adafruit 2.8″ TFT Display on the Raspberry Pi

One thing I’ve learned over and over from working on the Raspberry Pi is that it’s most likely going to take a chunk of time to get things set up just the way you want. And this display is no different. I’ve written in the past about How to Play HD Video on a Raspberry…

April 4, 2015 by Daniel P. Clark

Getting Started with MiniTest

Whet ever you may believe about testing practices; tests still provide some peace of mind and clarity in projects. Also; if you build a library for others to use, tests are a form of validation of your work and provide trustworthiness to your code. In the case of working with a large project that is…

January 28, 2015 by Daniel P. Clark

Rails Helper Methods

When I had started developing in Rails it was months before I even heard of “Helper Methods”. I did see the folder in the app directory, but I didn’t see any use for it at the time. I mean Rails is pretty much Model-View-Controller, so why would anyone need helper methods? Well once I found…