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JakCharlton says: Look, Ruby testing really can be fun, and educational ... http://github.com/edgecase/ruby_koans ... geek heaven!
2 hours ago by Jak Charlton (@JakCharlton) - tags: Ruby, TDD

JakCharlton says: @joelowrance

ruby code is magic
21 hours ago by Jak Charlton (@JakCharlton), in reply to @joelowrance - tags: Ruby

JakCharlton says: Blogged: Ruby is Scary http://twurl.nl/5ti34d
1 days ago by Jak Charlton (@JakCharlton) - tags: Ruby

JakCharlton says: Think I may have booked my flight at wrong time, forgot there is a transfer time from plane to conference LOL
1 days ago by Jak Charlton (@JakCharlton) - tags: Conferences

JakCharlton says: Better than .NET or not, Ruby is just cooler http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTNZ3_rp2wI :)
2 days ago by Jak Charlton (@JakCharlton) - tags: .NET, Ruby

JakCharlton says: @adymitruk

"Do we need Unit testing?" "Yes: which framework deals with the scenarios we have here" .. same with ORM/BDD/etc
3 days ago by Jak Charlton (@JakCharlton), in reply to @adymitruk - tags: ORM, TDD

JakCharlton says: @hhariri

"I want a .Net" "how about this Ruby" "is it a .Net?" "no but it is dynamic" "why would I want it if it isn't a .net?"
3 days ago by Jak Charlton (@JakCharlton), in reply to @hhariri - tags: .NET, Ruby

JakCharlton says: @randompunter

ESBs aren't really a .NET domain ... it's a Java world really
3 days ago by Jak Charlton (@JakCharlton), in reply to @randompunter - tags: .NET

JakCharlton says: @JanVanRyswyck

would agree .NET OSS often seems confrontational and competitive, Ruby/others OSS is more collaborative
3 days ago by Jak Charlton (@JakCharlton), in reply to @JanVanRyswyck - tags: .NET, Ruby

JakCharlton says: @hhariri

LOL I'm joking :) .NET has a great OSS community, just not the same type as Ruby has - quite different really
3 days ago by Jak Charlton (@JakCharlton), in reply to @hhariri - tags: .NET, Ruby

JakCharlton says: @shanselman

but (one of) the new UIs will be in MVC, so you're sort of back in the loop - just from the other side
3 days ago by Jak Charlton (@JakCharlton), in reply to @shanselman - tags: MVC

JakCharlton says: @hhariri

well I'm not with that crowd, .NET has some superb OSS innovation and projects
3 days ago by Jak Charlton (@JakCharlton), in reply to @hhariri - tags: .NET

JakCharlton says: @hhariri

but, Rails and Sinatra can exist in same app side by side, that's the power or Rubyland, it all works together mix n match
3 days ago by Jak Charlton (@JakCharlton), in reply to @hhariri - tags: Ruby

JakCharlton says: @hhariri

testing is so damn easy in Ruby, it's almost harder to not do it
3 days ago by Jak Charlton (@JakCharlton), in reply to @hhariri - tags: Ruby, TDD

JakCharlton says: @hhariri

I think you will find testing is pretty standard in Ruby land ... and near non existent in .NET (comparatively) diff mindset
3 days ago by Jak Charlton (@JakCharlton), in reply to @hhariri - tags: .NET, Ruby, TDD

JakCharlton says: @hhariri

which part of the thread is this in relation to? I never said it was that black and white, but Ruby/Rails is popular for a reason
3 days ago by Jak Charlton (@JakCharlton), in reply to @hhariri - tags: Ruby

JakCharlton says: @hhariri

Specflow, StorEvil, MSpec are all very poor imitations of Ruby equivalents, and Ruby test frameworks all add to each other
3 days ago by Jak Charlton (@JakCharlton), in reply to @hhariri - tags: Ruby

JakCharlton says: @hhariri

package management in .NET largely sucks due to static typing
3 days ago by Jak Charlton (@JakCharlton), in reply to @hhariri - tags: .NET

JakCharlton says: @hhariri

in a lot of cases, yes ... IoC, OpenWrap, Nu, Dynamic Proxy, unit testing, BDD all struggle or deal with static typing
3 days ago by Jak Charlton (@JakCharlton), in reply to @hhariri - tags: TDD

JakCharlton says: @hhariri

Rails *is* the ecosystem, an ecosystem where things work together not against
3 days ago by Jak Charlton (@JakCharlton), in reply to @hhariri - tags: Ruby

JakCharlton says: @hhariri

Rails is massively more productive... the ecosystem around it is part of that
3 days ago by Jak Charlton (@JakCharlton), in reply to @hhariri - tags: Ruby

JakCharlton says: RT @adamburmister: That's a must read for every .NET developer http://iggy.nu/8-reasons-i-love-ruby /via @ArielBH

4 days ago by Jak Charlton (@JakCharlton), retweet - tags: .NET

JakCharlton says: RT @tehlike

: CodeBetter / Devlicio.us Giveaways a number of MSDN Licenses to OSS Projects: http://bit.ly/a0c1hj RT appreciated
4 days ago by Jak Charlton (@JakCharlton) - tags: MSDN

JakCharlton says: RT @robconery

: RT @dhh

: The release candidate of Rails 3.0 is out: http://bit.ly/b6r3Zi
5 days ago by Jak Charlton (@JakCharlton) - tags: Ruby

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