A few years ago I bought a microphone and in the excitement of testing it out I decided to make a video. At the time I was very interested in TDD (Test Driven Development), making the video was an interesting experience and also helped me understand TDD.
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Font Readability
Making your copy DRY
One of the easiest changes that can be made to a website to increase usability for all users is setting rational font sizes. Around 1 in 10 people have visual problems, much of that as a result of aging. By not ensuring font sizes are sufficiently large, it is very...
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Externalizing Strings in Rails
Making your copy DRY
Regardless of whether you are planning to build a multi-language site or not (Will be covered in a future post), externalising strings is a good programming practice. You could think of it as another way of abstracting different layers of your code further apart.
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