Been doing some programming lately and as a result of being so rusty I’ve had to resort to Google more than a few times to figure out usually pretty simple things. Along the way I’ve come across some handy links -

• Ruby Inside has this handy list of some clever tips to use with Rails.
• Err The Blog lists all the programs and tools that make up his Rails toolbox. I found a few useful goodies in there that I hadn’t heard of before.

Then I’ve been working through the impressive Beginning E-Commerce with Rails, which is the first book that’s clearly gotten across the practicalities of test-driven development (TDD) to my thick brain. TDD is a LOT of PT, but there are some very clear benefits. I’m going to be copying their style of tests into some of our current projects to improve our test coverage, which is pretty poor at the moment.

Having my great break in Thailand is all good and well, but it comes with an unfortunate side-effect…

All the work that I would normally be doing in the 2 weeks that I’m away, has to get done now. Even worse, there’s projects I need to complete before I go so that we don’t miss pre-Christmas deadlines. So right now I’m working evenings and weekends to get through the task-list. I’m even doing some programming to help the team, which is quite nice. I didn’t realise how much I missed it until I started up with it again.

Well, my afternoon cuppa’s finished. Time to get back to work!

My sister Andrea got a pic of herself climbing featured on the homepage of climb.co.za. Nice one!!