1: Polymorphism vs. Conditionals
Ben Orenstein and Joe Ferris (and the surprise special guest Seana Quental) start the series off with a very technical discussion about Polymorphism vs. Conditionals. We also answer some of the audience questions we asked for last week.
An episode of the Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots podcast, hosted by thoughtbot, titled "1: Polymorphism vs. Conditionals" was published on June 12, 2012 and runs 31 minutes.
June 12, 2012 ·31m · Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
Summary
Ben Orenstein and Joe Ferris (and the surprise special guest Seana Quental) start the series off with a very technical discussion about Polymorphism vs. Conditionals. We also answer some of the audience questions we asked for last week. CVS SVN Git Feature branch code reviews Rebasing Composition over Inheritance Objects on Rails, Avdi Grimm NullObject Rails Refactoring Example: Introduce Null Object #try God objects Rich Hickey's Railsconf Keynote Kingdom of Nouns, Steve Yeggie Ruby blocks StrategyPattern CommandPattern Clearance Gang of Four Design Patterns Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
Episode Description
Ben Orenstein and Joe Ferris (and the surprise special guest Seana Quental) start the series off with a very technical discussion about Polymorphism vs. Conditionals. We also answer some of the audience questions we asked for last week.
- CVS
- SVN
- Git
- Feature branch code reviews
- Rebasing
- Composition over Inheritance
- Objects on Rails, Avdi Grimm
- NullObject
- Rails Refactoring Example: Introduce Null Object
- #try
- God objects
- Rich Hickey's Railsconf Keynote
- Kingdom of Nouns, Steve Yeggie
- Ruby blocks
- StrategyPattern
- CommandPattern
- Clearance
- Gang of Four Design Patterns
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