Ruby on Rails

OK Marnen, your hectoring has overcome me: I got Git working with a
local repository :-)

BTW, if you had mentioned that Linus Torvalds was the founder of
Git, I would have embraced it a lot sooner ;)

But BDD will have to wait for the addition of one more feature:
authenticated users.

Best wishes,
Richard

On Apr 26, 10:03 am, Marnen Laibow-Koser <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> RichardOnRails wrote:
> > Hi Marnen,
>
> >> Can I suggest that you supplement this with automated tests and version
> >> control?
>
> >  Absolutely!  That's definitely on my agenda.  But this (first) Rails
> > app is intended to automate a substantial part of burden my son faces
> > in managing his small business.  So, I'm focused on getting "version
> > 1" of this app developed and deployed to prove that "help is on the
> > way."
>
> As I've said before, you really must implement version control *today*.
> It will take at most an hour or two, and it will make version 1 easier
> to develop.  Don't wait another minute.
>
>
>
> > Using BDD and Subversion are my goals,  
>
> Not Subversion, please.  Use Git.
>
> > but the learning curve for
> > effective use is time taken from a delivery date.  
>
> Wrong!   If you take a few minutes to sharpen the saw, you will fell the
> tree faster.
>
> > I just spent more
> > than a week learning how to introduce navigation subtleties into my
> > app.  I probably left this problem for "version 2"
>
> Yes, you probably should have.
>
> > but I was annoyed
> > that my years of 20th Century computer-consulting skills were
> > inadequate for the 21st Century Web.
>
> Don't let annoyance drive you into decisions that even you know are bad.
>
> > Now that I got a glimpse into handling this navigation problem, I off
> > to work on the last functionality required before version 1
> > deployment: authenticated users.
>
> Authlogic.  Done.
>
>
>
> > With thanks for your interest in my humble efforts,
> > Richard
>
> Good luck!  It's always nice to see someone seriously learning.
>
> Best,
> --
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> mar...@marnen.org
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