The Weekly Iteration
Learn to write better code in less than 30 minutes a week.
The Weekly Iteration is our video series where we explore new frameworks and languages, dig in to advanced coding patterns, and share the techniques we use on projects to build robust and maintainable applications. We're currently on a break from recording new episodes, but be sure to check out the many videos we've released previously.
Videos
Joel Quenneville and Chris Toomey
Elm is a new language for building browser based applications that brings together the purity of Haskell and the pragmatism of JavaScript in hopes of getting the best of both worlds. Tune in as Chris and Joël dive into Elm to see what it's all...
Chris Toomey and Joel Quenneville
Rack is the glue that binds application frameworks like Rails and Sinatra to web servers like thin and puma. In this episode Joël Quenneville takes us on a tour of Rack and shows us how we can take advantage of the Rack pattern to build more...
Mike Borsare and Chris Toomey
This week we take a quick detour into the design world to learn about Flexbox, a major enhancement to defining layouts in CSS. Chris is joined by thoughtbot designer Mike Borsare to learn the ins and outs of flexbox and how it can make our lives...
Chris is joined by Blake Williams for a discussion about ES6, the collection of proposed enhancements and updates to the JavaScript specification.
Chris Toomey and Blake Williams
Chris is joined by Blake Williams to get an introduction to the Elixir programming language. Tune in to learn about this functional, concurrent, fault tolerant wonder-language with a Ruby-like syntax.
Derek Prior and Chris Toomey
Derek gives Chris a rundown on a11y, aka web accessibility. Tune in to the learn why accessibility matters for all apps, how to approach it, and what tools are available to help on the journey.
Derek Prior and Chris Toomey
On this week's video, Chris is joined by Derek to discuss web security. Tune in to learn about the available resources and tools, and some specific issues to watch out for in Rails apps.
Chris Toomey and Joe Ferris
On this week's episode, Chris is joined by thoughtbot CTO Joe Ferris to discuss Docker, the open platform for building and running containerized applications.
Chris Toomey and Joe Ferris
In this episode, Chris is joined by thoughtbot CTO Joe Ferris. With the magic of live-coding, Joe demonstrates how a simple Extract Class refactoring can lead to a host of code improvements.
Chris Toomey and Joshua Clayton
On this week's episode, Chris is again joined by Josh Clayton, Boston Development Director and TDD master, this time to discuss the power of page objects for cleaning up feature specs.
Joshua Clayton and Chris Toomey
On this week's episode, Chris is joined by Boston Development Director and TDD master Josh Clayton to discuss some of the tips we have here at thoughtbot for working with Heroku-deployed applications.
Derek Prior and Chris Toomey
On this episode of the Weekly Iteration, Chris is again joined by Derek Prior, this time discussing building and extracting gems.
Chris Toomey and Derek Prior
On this week's episode, Chris is again joined by fellow bot Derek Prior, this time to discuss Turbolinks. Tune in to learn how to speed up your Rails apps, almost automatically!
Chris Toomey and Melanie Gilman
On this week's episode, Chris is again joined by Melanie Gilman to discuss the amazing array of extensions added to Ruby by Rails' Active Support component.
Chris Toomey and Melanie Gilman
On this week's episode, Chris is joined by fellow thoughtbotter, Melanie Gilman, to discuss the wonder of Ruby's Enumerable and Comparable interfaces and how you can incorporate them into your own classes.
Chris Toomey and Ben Orenstein
Chris and Ben discuss the magic of speaking, from lightning talks all the way to conferences. Tune in to learn the specific tips and approach that will help you land a spot and deliver a great talk.