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RailsConf 2015: What if Shakespeare Wrote Ruby?
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Adam Cuppy (he/him)
April 22, 2015
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Adam Cuppy (he/him)
April 22, 2015
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What if Shakespeare Wrote ?
ACTION ROUND
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Adam Cuppy
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codingzeal.com
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github.com/acuppy twitter.com/adamcuppy
amplify greatness
Software Writers - DHH (Creator of Ruby on Rails)
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“i” before “e” (except after “c”)
Language is powerful
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Software Writers - DHH (Creator of Ruby on Rails)
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Poet
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(8) 100 thousands!
1,700 New Word Forms
Shakespeare.inspect
Domain-specific Language
DSL?! NOOOO!!!
Domain-specific Language
Expressive Conventions
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* Meaningful * Demonstrative * Suggestive * revealing
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Iambic Pentameter (metered verse)
baBOOM / baBOOM / baBOOM / baBOOM / baBOOM.
When I / do COUNT / the CLOCK / that
TELLS / the TIME
To BE or NOT to BE, THAT is the QUEStion:
class Character < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :play has_many :lines end
class Character < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :play has_many :lines end Look
Mom, a convention!
app/ assets/ controllers/ helpers/ models/ views/ mailers/ bin/ config/ lib/
assets/ tasks/ ... app specific non-specific
… and another User.where( happiness: 8..10 )
… and another User.create User.create! user.save user.save!
STAND UP
sampson.when(:bite_thumb) do abraham.ask "Do you bite your thumb at us,
sir?" end sampson.bite_thumb # => Abraham asks, “Do you..."
abraham = Abraham.new sampson = Sampson.new abraham.observe sampson sampson.observe abraham
abraham .when(sampson) { bit_thumb? } .then(abraham) { ask "Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?" } sampson.bite_thumb # => Abraham asks, “Do you..."
Harmonious Simplicity
STAND UP
Create Spectacle
“ Often people focus on the machines. They think, "By
doing this, the machine will run more effectively.” But in fact we need to focus on humans, on how humans care about doing programming… We are the masters. They are the slaves.” - Matz (Creator of Ruby)
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