Tussle Of The State Machines

There's no shortage of Ruby state machine libraries (assm, state_machine, etc.). However when we needed to implement dynamic state machine we didn't find one. The Problem We needed a polymorphic class that could have different state machines triggered in it depending on some condition. Basically, here is what we wanted to achieve: Now the problem … Continue reading Tussle Of The State Machines

Docsplit: A Tool For Converting PDF To Plain Text Processing

As Rubyists, don't we just love searching for gems to do our work for us 🙂 But, that does not always work, does it? There are times when we don't find solution and need to fix it ourselves. Do we remember to contribute back to the community? Here's a similar story and some information about … Continue reading Docsplit: A Tool For Converting PDF To Plain Text Processing

Experiencing Ruby – the Scottish way

Held in the exquisite Crieff Hydro, Perthshire, this was another example of an exciting professionally organised Ruby Conference. There will always be a lot of information about the talks, so this is more about my experience there! At a conference, it's very important to ensure that the attendees get to experience the culture in addition … Continue reading Experiencing Ruby – the Scottish way