Everyday Rails Testing
with RSpec is my first book! Learn how to test your
Rails applications the way I did and test with confidence, by focusing on core technologies and
simple, readable tests that pass. Learn more.
Everyday Rails is a blog for
people who need to build stuff with Rails and get on to their next
project. Sometimes it's still about Ruby and Rails, though these days I
tend to think and write about broader topics there.
Sound Refound is an online gallery
of promotional flyers for concerts. I've collected these over the years,
primarily in the Lawrence, Kansas, and Seattle, Washington areas.
atom-everydayrails-rspec
is package of snippets to speed up and simplify writing tests in the
Atom editor, as taught in my
Rails testing book. I use these snippets every day to speed up writing tests!
Next projects coming soon.
I'm messing around with some JAMstack stuff and fresh book idea(s) at the moment.
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Recent posts
Now reading
- Tranquility by Tuesday: 9 Ways to Calm the Chaos and Make Time for What Matters (Laura Vanderkam; Portfolio)
- The Staff Engineer's Path: A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change (Tanya Reilly; O'Reilly Media)
- The World's Worst Assistant (Sona Movsesian; Plume)
Biography
I'm Aaron Sumner: Hackity-hack woodworker, low-and-slow cooker, tiny-scale gardener, Jayhawk, run/walk/runner, and cat herder, currently residing in Astoria, Oregon, USA. Also: A former league bowler and Olympic speed walker.
Sometimes I write software in my role as an Associate Software Engineering Manager at O’Reilly Media. Some of the other times I write about writing software as an independent technical author at Everyday Rails.
Previous stops include Lawrence, Kansas; Seattle, Washington; and Jersey County, Illinois.
All of the above statements are true.