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So, you have a feature to write. Now what? Do you start coding right away and hope for the best? Hopefully not. Here’s an example of using a Universal Modeling Language (UML) Sequence Diagram to plan a feature. In this example, User calls the create() method on Post, which in turns calls the send() method […]

Today I learned about a tool to help with workflows on your mac. The Better Touch Tool allows the user to create custom workflows, keyboard shortcuts and snap areas. The custom keyboard shortcuts can be set to individual apps or to be enabled in certain circumstances. In addition to special keyboard shortcuts, the app also […]

Today I learned that we need to keep doing something that we have found really works: At Trim, we believe that a lean, cross-functional team of three can build a product. To us, that team of three is made up of one product design lead, one product development lead, and one product strategist. We call this […]

Diving into webpack module loader can often seem like a confusing and daunting task. Luckily, setting environment variables is rather straight forward. At the top of your webpack.config.js file define your environment variables like so: Then in the plugins array use DefinePlugin method to define global variables configured at compile time: Re-compile and now your […]

Why decorate objects instead of using inheritance? It’s a more dynamic, flexible and transparent alternative to subclassing. There’s several different ways of using the decorator pattern in Ruby, but I’m just going to show the module/extend approach. You can read about other decorator techniques in Dan Croak’s blog post. Use a module and extend to […]