Someone should rewrite these excellent smalltalk books with a Ruby slant.
From Smalltalk with Style (there are some 126 guidelines in this book, most of which apply directly to Ruby)
Guideline 26: Do not comment bad code – rewrite it.
Guideline 79: Write small methods.
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I'm Ben Griffiths: an escapee of web 1.0 and web 2.0 start-ups; a programmer; developer; architect; sometime consultant; team leader; agile exponent.
I live in Greenwich, London.
You can find some of my web projects at monstermischief.com.
I'm an atheist and anti-theist, a liberal, a lefty and my hobbies include extreme beard-topiary and real ale.
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