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June 21, 2015 by Daniel P. Clark

Ruby Refinements – Not quite ready for production

I recently looked for a method on Array for a boolean response on its uniqueness. As Ruby currently doesn’t have one I figured it’s easy enough to write one. Now Ruby’s refinements are fairly new and a nice feature to have around. So I decided to write a benchmark for different ways to test the…

May 2, 2015 by Daniel P. Clark

Private Module Methods in Ruby

So this is something I’ve looked into many times over the years and have never found an answer to. But great news is that I’ve found a way! It’s as simple as defining module methods as private within the singleton class. Here’s how I did it in my gem PolyBelongsTo module PolyBelongsTo::Core extend ActiveSupport::Concern included…

March 7, 2015 by Daniel P. Clark

Configuration With a Singleton Instance

I was considering how I might want to further implement my gem and incorporate configuration settings for it. I wanted only one instance of my configuration and it needed to be part of my module. So I’ve come up with a solution I like that allows me to do this and even have a true…