Weeknotes: 27 November to 1 December 2023

What I have found gripping

• Adding double-quoted strings helps process escape sequences. For example when printing an addition with the print method:

  print "addition\n"

• The .to syntax defines positive expectations in tests

• The .to_not/.not_to is for negative expectations in tests

• Wildly Explicit Tests can be handy in RSpec

What I have read

• File over app, Steph Ango

• Distributed Work’s Five Levels of Autonomy, Matt Mullenweg

• Design, Digested 49 — Fake inclusion, bumpy rides, culture matters, Silvia Maggi

• 5 Ally Actions - Dec 1, 2023, Better Allies

• How to run meetings in a more inclusive way, Hustle Crew

What I have watched

Programming Across Paradigms, Anjana Vakil (GOTO 2017)

Featured quote

You should want the files you create to be durable, not only for posterity, but also for your future self. You never know when you might want to go back to something you created years or decades ago. Don’t lock your data into a format you can’t retrieve. — Steph Ango

Further reading and resources

In English

• Programming Across Paradigms (Slides), Anjana Vakil

• Examples of pointless types of RSpec tests, Jason Swett

In French

• Prends ta place (YouTube), Anthony Babkine

Thanks for reading Sandra’s Weeknotes!