Bendyworks

You might as well learn it now, because you'll be using it in 6 months. Styleguide rails is a cool gem that builds a living, breathing styleguide for your site. You can add it to your project really easily (let's just do it right now):

gem install styleguide_rails

OR edit your Gemfile:

gem 'styleguide_rails'

and then bundle.

Lastly, you install the styleguide into your application:

rails generate styleguide:install

start rails and navigate to http://localhost:3000/styleguide. There should be a built-in _example_elements.html copied into your new app/views/styleguide/widgets/ directory. This is where your new styleguide widgets live (for more on how to use them, see "Using it" below). ...continue reading

In August 2012 I resolved to become a world-class web developer in one year and to share my progress and discoveries along the way. I challenged myself with the task of learning a new programming topic every two weeks, blogging about what I learned and giving talks at user groups and conferences. Forcing myself to be open about what I know and being vulnerable has been a cool experience, and I've found people have been very supportive and helpful.

Now I want to dream even bigger, and try something really audacious, but I need your help.

Taking a cue from the medieval monks, I want to embark on a programming pilgrimage. Rather than a staff I'll carry a laptop. Rather than begging for alms, I'm begging for code — for the opportunity to write lots of it with other passionate developers. Some people might snap pictures to help them remember the fun they had on vacation. I want to remember mine with git commits. ...continue reading

Bendyworks origins in Madison, WI means that we are football fans. With Green Bay in the playoffs we were able to try out a new advertising medium.

Take a listen to our ad below or listen to WIBA AM or FM during today's game.

"Centro's experience with Bendyworks was very positive. The developers we worked with were able to jump right into a complex code base and quickly contribute quality code to an ongoing project. Everyone was smart, pragmatic, and fun to work with." - David Bortz, Centro

You read that right. Or maybe, if you read it as "stop using Ruby and start using Haskell", you read it wrong. I'm going to show you why I find Haskell to be utterly fascinating and eminently practical.

Foremost, I want to collect some bits and pieces from articles that I have read and talks that I have seen. I feel like there are troves of information out there but that it may perhaps be in need of some synthesis. There are lot of meaty topics here, but I haven't seen them collected and prepared quite to my taste yet. If my collecting will help someone else to "think different" then that's exactly what I had hoped for.

A secondary aim is to make clear some things for myself, and again, I'm happy to take anyone else along for the ride. ...continue reading