# Decide how to define a method at runtime
class C
end
C.class_eval do
define_method :my_method do
'a dynamic method'
end
Originally published in June 2008
When hiring Ruby on Rails programmers, knowing the right questions to ask during an interview was a real challenge for me at first. In 30 minutes or less, it's difficult to get a solid read on a candidate's skill set without looking at code they've previously written. And in the corporate/enterprise world, I often don't have access to their previous work.
To ensure we hired competent ruby developers at my last job, I created a list of 15 ruby questions -- a ruby measuring stick if you will -- to select the cream of the crop that walked through our doors.
Candidates will typically give you a range of responses based on their experience and personality. So it's up to you to decide the correctness of their answer.
This procedure explains how to install MySQL using Homebrew on macOS Sierra 10.12
- Installing Homebrew is effortless, open Terminal and enter :
$ /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
- Note: Homebrew will download and install Command Line Tools for Xcode 8.0 as part of the installation process.
At this time of writing, Homebrew has MySQL version 5.7.15 as default formulae in its main repository :
Goals of this tutorial:
- deploy a new Rails app with capistrano
- make it fast (total process takes less than 5 minutes)
- make it simple (no unecessary config)
- manual ssh to the server not required
Rails application stack:
- nginx
- unicorn
- postgresql