Travis, Heroku and some first time tips! — For the last couple of weeks, I have been developing an application that it is ready to be deployed. Not necessarily finished, but with enough features that could be use by the general public. After doing a bit of research on how to deploy an app, I found that one…

Recently I have joined a team that want to migrate their software architecture from monolithic to microservices. I am going to dive into those terms to understand the differences between them and when to use which. What are components? In order to understand the types of architecture, I will briefly explain what the…

Every time you run a program in your computer, it will create a process. This process will know about the execution of your program, that will happen in sequential order, meaning that it will wait for any calls to be completed or instructions to be finished to continue with the…

Static and dynamic — Object-oriented programming is built on four pillars: abstraction, encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism. Those concepts help OOP to benefit of the usage of objects, and as a consequence, create the “best practices” to use them. As an example, objects could be created with the ability to take on the properties of…

Deciding when to use which — Composition and inheritance are two terms used in Object Oriented Programming. Both are design techniques that helps us organise and structure the code in order to optimise the way we write code. Meaning we can create more easy understandable code, open to extension and closed for modification, good designed and…

In order to run a program, the computer needs to execute it following precise instructions specified in a file in the application. In a Ruby project, this file contains commands for the Bash to execute the file, followed by the scripts of the starting point of the application. Location The location…

Learning small things every day — Being curious when learning a new programming language could lead to discover new things that could potentially help you understand the language a bit better. I am currently creating a game in Ruby and in my code I have been using colons multiple times but I didn’t no why until…

Coming from a Java background, learning ruby has its challenges. I tend to write all the methods using loops and temporary variables and booleans… and there’s nothing wrong with it, but I always end up with very long and clunky and sometimes complex methods, that they could be difficult to…

It’s all connected! — I have been learning new concepts about programming and best practices: TDD, SOLID principles, refactoring… among others, during the last couple of weeks. For my Tic-tac-toe, I have challenged myself to apply them to my code, introducing them when necessary and over time (I don’t recommend to introduce them all…