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Author Archives: James Kovacs
DevTeach Montreal 2012 Wrap-up
(image from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Royal_Montreal_Lookout.jpg) A big thanks to everyone who attended my sessions earlier this week at DevTeach. When I give a presentation, my success criteria is that I get you excited enough to continue investigating the topic yourself. So an extra … Continue reading
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Prairie Dev Con 2012 Wrap-up
Thanks to everyone who came out to my sessions at Prairie Dev Con in Regina last week. Once again, D’Arcy Lussier put on a great conference. Testable JavaScript QUnit JavaScript Koans Jasmine Jasmine-jQuery Mocha Chai The slide deck for Testable … Continue reading
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NYC Code Camp 2012 Wrap-up
Thank you to everyone who came out to my sessions at the NYC Code Camp. I had an awesome time and I hope that you did too. If you’re looking for resources and/or slide decks, you’ve come to the right … Continue reading
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Upcoming Speaking Engagements
I’ll be in Saint Louis, MO in mid-July to speak at the local Ruby and JavaScript user groups. St. Louis Ruby User Group Wednesday, July 18, 2012 @ 6:30pm The Able Few LLC (2603 Cherokee Street, Saint Louis, MO) TDD/BDD … Continue reading
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Ruby and RSpec: Powerful Languages Allow Simpler Frameworks
Recently I was doing a simple kata – the Roman Numeral kata – to practice my Ruby and RSpec skills. (The Roman Numeral kata is to build an algorithm test-first that converts a number into its Roman numeral equivalent. For … Continue reading
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