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Courses

Git Basics: Distributed Workflows
Git allows us to have multiple repos, unlike centralized version control systems. This is why we call it a "distributed" system. However, Git allows more...
Ed Wassermann
14 Feb 2017
Code
5 minutes
Git Basics: Merge and Rebase
Integrating source code changes from one Git branch to another can happen either through a merge or a rebase. Merging preserves the branch history, while...
Ed Wassermann
25 Jan 2017
Code
4 minutes
Git Basics: The Three Trees
Git has become the most widely used system for version control and sharing code. If you want to help build open-source software, or if you want to work on a...
Ed Wassermann
6 Sep 2016
Code
5 minutes

Tutorials

What Are GitHub Pull Requests?
In this video tutorial, you'll learn about GitHub pull requests. You'll see how to fork, clone, branch, and then send a pull request to a project on GitHub.
Ed Wassermann
25 Jul 2017
Code
How Does Git Reset Work?
Want to know how the Git reset option works? In this video, you’ll learn all about Git reset. You’ll see how to use each kind of reset and how these...
Ed Wassermann
15 Mar 2017
Code
What Are the Three Trees in Git?
In this video, you'll learn about the three trees in Git: the HEAD, the index, and the working directory. Watch as I explain the role of each and how they...
Ed Wassermann
22 Feb 2017
Code
Building Your First Web Scraper, Part 3
In this tutorial, we will cover in detail how we extracted the data, how the helper and utility methods accomplish their jobs, and how all the puzzle pieces...
Ed Wassermann
28 Dec 2016
Code
Building Your First Web Scraper, Part 2
In this tutorial, you will learn how you can use Mechanize to click links, fill out forms, and upload files. You'll also learn how you can slice Mechanize...
Ed Wassermann
21 Dec 2016
Code
Building Your First Web Scraper, Part 1
Rubyland has two gems that have occupied the web scraping spotlight for the past few years: Nokogiri and Mechanize. We spend an article on each of these...
Ed Wassermann
14 Dec 2016
Code
Getting Started With the Asset Pipeline, Part 2
By the end of this article you should have a good understanding of the features of the Asset Pipeline in Rails that beginners usually have a tricky time...
Ed Wassermann
7 Nov 2016
Code
Getting Started With the Asset Pipeline, Part 1
In this first article of a new series on the Asset Pipeline in Rails, I’d like to discuss a few high-level concepts that are handy to fully grasp what the...
Ed Wassermann
1 Nov 2016
Code
RSpec Testing for Beginners, Part 3
In this final article about RSpec basics, we cover a few iffy parts you can and should avoid, how you should compose your tests, why you should avoid the...
Ed Wassermann
18 Aug 2016
Code
RSpec Testing for Beginners, Part 1
Are you new to Rails? New to coding? Curious about RSpec and how you can start testing? If so, this article should be a good starting point for you to get...
Ed Wassermann
4 Aug 2016
Code
RSpec Testing for Beginners, Part 2
The second article in this short series teaches you how to use various matchers that come with RSpec. It also shows you to to slice your test suite through...
Ed Wassermann
4 Aug 2016
Code
Rake 301
This final article looks at FileList, Pathmap, CLEAN, CLOBBER, and passing arguments. These are not super important for beginners right away, but they will...
Ed Wassermann
20 Jul 2016
Code