I have been recently trying out reactjs and decided to rebuild the shopping list section using it. give it a try, you can login as a Guest.READMORE To get started with react and rails I used a gem called react-rails. The gem allows you to do server side rendering as well which I thought could… Continue reading Reactjs Shopping Lists
Keeping your code on a project in shape is a daily challenge but there is a a ruby gem called rubocop that can help you with this. READMORE I have been using rubocop on the grocery app and a few other projects for a while now. It’s is really a great tool to help keep… Continue reading Police your code with Rubocop
So for the last few months I have been using Vagrant and Ansible for any new projects that I have to work on. The idea behind vagrant is to allow you to isolate all the software requirements to run your code for different projects inside separate virtual machines. Vagrant makes it easier to work on… Continue reading Vagrant and Ansible the ultimate combo
Having a system architecture might seem like overkill for this project, but I am hoping it will help me keep the system in my head and help make more insightful decisions. READMORE I almost always find it easy to talk about system architecture when you have a diagram. So I decided to create one using… Continue reading Current System Architecture
So doing this project during my free time has been quite a challenge for me so far I usually have about 7 to 10 hours a week in the evenings to work on developing. Usually I use this time to either mess around with a new technology or sometimes I find myself still doing work.… Continue reading The Free Time Pickle and discovering Roda
So what am i trying to accomplish is building a online price book you can use for your grocery shopping READMORE If you don’t know what a Price Book is I suggest you read Wikipedia Definition and Melanie Pinola’s blog article on How to Save the Most Money on Your Grocery Budget with a Price… Continue reading The Big Picture
Using Disqus for comments because a real blog needs comments right? 🙂 I found it really easy to setup and their admin dashboard seems great, definitely feels like a quick win. They have tools to import comments from another system and a way to migrate comments if you switch blogging platforms. If you want to… Continue reading Comments are welcome
So the Blog is alive and kicking and I will be blogging here about the journey of the grocery price book app I am building
Grant Petersen-Speelman 