Ben Orenstein is joined by Joe Ferris, CTO of thoughtbot, and Josh Clayton, developer at thoughtbot and the lead maintainer of FactoryGirl. In this Rails focused episode, Ben, Joe, and Josh dish on ActiveRecord callbacks, observers, state machines, and before_filters vs. middleware. They discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of each, and how to keep your app clean while doing the right thing. Then they touch on what's new in FactoryGirl, how using build_stubbed can speed up your test suite, and much more.

Rails Guide: Active Record Validations and Callbacks
Rails Guide: Action Controller, Filters
Blog post: Ruby and KISS, Sitting in a Tree
Method Object
Feature Envy
Rack: a Ruby Webserver Interface
Rails Guide: Rails on Rack
Rack::Cache
Blog post: Use Factory Girl’s build_stubbed for a Faster Test Suite
Blog post: Mind-Bending Factories
Metaprogramming in the Wild: Source-Diving FactoryGirl

Follow @thoughtbot, @joeferris, and @joshuaclayton on twitter.

Ben Orenstein is joined by Joe Ferris, CTO of thoughtbot, and Josh Clayton, developer at thoughtbot and the lead maintainer of FactoryGirl. In this Rails focused episode, Ben, Joe, and Josh dish on ActiveRecord callbacks, observers, state machines, and before_filters vs. middleware. They discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of each, and how to keep your app clean while doing the right thing. Then they touch on what's new in FactoryGirl, how using build_stubbed can speed up your test suite, and much more.

Rails Guide: Active Record Validations and Callbacks
Rails Guide: Action Controller, Filters
Blog post: Ruby and KISS, Sitting in a Tree
Method Object
Feature Envy
Rack: a Ruby Webserver Interface
Rails Guide: Rails on Rack
Rack::Cache
Blog post: Use Factory Girl’s build_stubbed for a Faster Test Suite
Blog post: Mind-Bending Factories
Metaprogramming in the Wild: Source-Diving FactoryGirl

Follow @thoughtbot, @joeferris, and @joshuaclayton on twitter.

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