The Ruby Best Practices blog has gone live

My first post is Solve the problem, not just a problem

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I’m quite flattered to be among the initial group of people contributing to this project. Big props to Greg Brown for getting this together, and his sharing his O’Reilly limelight with us.

His book, Ruby Best Practices, is really good. I’ve looked at many Ruby books, and most are mediocre. A few stand out, and RBP is in that small collection.

I’m typically skeptical of things claimed as “the best” way to do this or that, and what I write for the RBP blog will not be claiming anything to be the One True Way (and, incidentally, neither does the book; instead, it examines various options, details pros and cons, and presents a well-reasoned example).

What I hope to do is explore the thinking process involved in coding, examine how different problems may be solved, and give readers something to ponder.

I’m open to suggestions on topics, and welcome all comments on my posts.