Since being introduced to YAML I’ve loved using it for configuration files in both Ruby and Ruby on Rails. YAML means “YAML Ain’t Markup Language”. Yes, there is an infinite loop in the title - it’s programmer humor. Those of you familiar with Ruby on Rails are somewhat familiar with YAML because [...]

Getting information from users is a common task that we have to deal with in building an application. This typically happens either in creating a user account, commerce orders, or any other time when the application has to ask “who are you?”. Often times we’ll create a field for both a firstname and [...]