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As Ruby and Rails continues to grow, and more and more jobs are coming online that require you to effectively develop Ruby and Rails in the web tier. Beyond the Rails framework, there are still very few proven tools and IDEs to get the job done, at least until now. The NetBeans Ruby and Rails IDE, according to some, is by far the best and...

Many programmers code by instinct, relying on convenient habits or a
"style" they picked up early on. They aren't conscious of all the
choices they make, like how they format their source, the names they use
for variables, or the kinds of loops they use. They're focused entirely
on problems...

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That's true, unfortunately. Even the good old "hello, world" program, known to virtually every C and C++ programmer in the world, can be considered to be buggy. Developing software means having to deal with defects; old ones, new ones, ones you created yourself, and those that others brought to life....

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