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. I started it in 2010 to help beginner and intermediate Rails
developers be productive while still learning the ropes.
Recent posts
- April 2020 update
- Kill your darlings, early 2020 edition
- February 2020 update
- January 2020 update
- December 2019 update
- November 2019 update
- June 2019 update
Now reading
- You're on an Airplane: A Self-Mythologizing Memoir (Parker Posey; Blue Rider Press)
- Embrace Your Weird: Face Your Fears and Unleash Creativity (Felicia Day; Gallery Books)
- 80/20 Running: Run Stronger and Race Faster By Training Slower (Matt Fitzgerald; Berkley)
- Running Is My Therapy: Relieve Stress and Anxiety, Fight Depression, and Live Happier (Scott Douglas; The Experiment)
Biography
I'm Aaron Sumner, of Astoria, Oregon, USA; by way of Lawrence, Kansas, Seattle, Washington, and Jersey County, Illinois.
I've worked on the web since 1994 when I began creating some of the very first departmental and organizational websites as an undergraduate at the University of Kansas. Over the years I've worked my way through static HTML to Applescript (yes, Applescript) to Perl to PHP to Ruby. Since 2005 I've worked mostly with Ruby and Rails, with a dose of Javascript and helping of Python. I'm becoming more fluent and productive in React right now.
I'm a Senior Software Engineer at O'Reilly Media. Most people who know me know me as a tech author, though; I wrote Everyday Rails Testing with RSpec and have blogged at Everyday Rails since 2010.
When off the clock and away from the text editor, I like outdoor cooking, baseball (go Cards), college sports (Rock Chalk Jayhawk), woodworking, and running.
I still learn new things every day. Sometimes I share them here. Thanks for following along.