- Adblock Lite: I use this, since Adblock Plus sold out
- JS Switch: Easily toggle Javascript support.
- Re-Pagination: I switched to this extension, since my previous pagination extension stopped working. I'm happy the old one died, because the new one is better.
- Disable the back button in Firefox
- Speed up Firefox on old PC's by disabling plugin-container.exe
- Good documentation
- Colorization
- Wonderful test summaries with --format documentation
- Good failure messages
- Doesn't require underscores for test_method_names
- Sample RSpec configuration: spec_helper.rb
- awesome_print
- hirb
- looksee
- whats_up
- Sample IRB configuration: .irbrc
- Cane: Identify complex methods.
- Continuous Delivery: Acceptance tests don't need be written in plain English. But writing acceptance tests, and the test layer API below them, exclusively in the language of the business is essential.
- Destroy All Software: TDD + Single Responsibility.
- DDD for Rails Developers: Nice implementation of Repository.
- Domain Driven Design: Page 158 explains the relationship between Factories and Repositories.
- Rails AntiPatterns: Lots of Rails tips.
- Rails Best Practices: Use their gem to identify Rails best practice violations.
- Rubeque: Improve your Ruby-fu.
- Ruby Style Guide: Study this to improve your code.
- Rails Sustainable Productivity: Declarative code + consistent level of abstraction.
- Anonymouse: I made some changes to my domain hosting configuration. I couldn't tell if the lack of response in my browser was due to caching issues. Anonymouse solved that.
- Bootstrap: Clean CSS/HTML template.
- Focus: Identify 3 MIT's (most important things) each day, and commit to doing them.
- LESS: Cleaner CSS.
- Mint: Become financially self-aware.
- ShiftIt: My new Cinch
- Willpower: I'm finally productive for the first time in my life after reading this book. Two key insights. 1) Multiple goals saps willpower. 2) Productive people have a way of tying their big picture to their daily routine.