GitHub - brettshollenberger/codecabulary: A wiki for style, usage, and syntax in Ruby. Ideologically forked from the Ruby Style Guide, with other advice gleaned from a number of sources.

#Codecabulary

Think of this wiki as Severus Snape's copy of Advanced Guide to Potion Making. The actual contents are canonical: stolen Thoughtbot thoughts and Ruby Style Guide recommendations mixed in with my own marginalia to add clarity and insights helpful to me (and hopefully other young Rubyists).

--This Book Is Property of the Half-Blood Prince (kidding)

It's hard to start programming. Programming itself is easy. It's the starting that's hard.

I wanted to make the starting easy. When I started, I read books and articles. I went to events. I took classes. I took the fancy web 2.0 classes and I did the code challenges, and the online videos, and the koans in such and such a language. And most of it was hard or bad.

Most of it is hard or bad for two reasons: 1) Too much jargon and 2) Too little context.

This wiki tries to solve those problems by: 1) Providing plain-English explanations for technical terms, and 2) Giving the big picture and the tiny details alike. Starting out, you shouldn't be expected to know what the Terminal does or how to use it. You should be guided to the article that will help you figure out the Terminal's essential commands when you do need to know them. That's it.

This wiki is not a guide (yet). There isn't a path for reading it (yet). Today, as in, on the day you are reading it, it is meant to define terms that sound foreign and to provide their context.

As of today, this Wiki accomplishes its context task self-referentially. It is the goal of each topic page to explain its topic in detail, and provide links to all topics it relies on to make its point. Some links will take you away from this wiki (to Google) because I've identified them as jargon, but haven't had a chance to define them yet. You shouldn't keep reading if you don't understand a word that I haven't yet defined--you should Google it. That link is my not-so-subtle cue to you to stop if it's not making sense.

If you'd like me to prioritize a particular term, please email it to me at brett.shollenberger@gmail.com.

Cheers,

Brett

Contributors: Brett Shollenberger (brettshollenberger), Michael Raimondi (chronophasiac), [Connor Smith (https://github.com/x3igh7)] (https://github.com/x3igh7), Frank Weber (fweber2)

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$digest cycle.md		$digest cycle.md
10,000 Hours.md		10,000 Hours.md
API.md		API.md
Active Record Concerns.md		Active Record Concerns.md
Active Record Referential Integrity.md		Active Record Referential Integrity.md
Active Record.md		Active Record.md
Admin Revamp (Admin README).md		Admin Revamp (Admin README).md
Amazon Web Services (AWS).md		Amazon Web Services (AWS).md
Angular Architecture.md		Angular Architecture.md
Angular Binding Issues.md		Angular Binding Issues.md
Angular Dependency Injection.md		Angular Dependency Injection.md
Angular Directives - Advanced.md		Angular Directives - Advanced.md
Angular Directives.md		Angular Directives.md
Angular Filters.md		Angular Filters.md
Angular Forms In-Depth.md		Angular Forms In-Depth.md
Angular Forms.md		Angular Forms.md
Angular Initialization.md		Angular Initialization.md
Angular Isolate Scopes.md		Angular Isolate Scopes.md
Angular MVC.md		Angular MVC.md
Angular Minification.md		Angular Minification.md
Angular Model Screencast.md		Angular Model Screencast.md
Angular Models.md		Angular Models.md
Angular Scope.md		Angular Scope.md
Angular Services.md		Angular Services.md
Angular Testing- Mocking $httpBackend.md		Angular Testing- Mocking $httpBackend.md
Angular as MVVM.md		Angular as MVVM.md
Annotate Models.md		Annotate Models.md
Array Iterators.md		Array Iterators.md
Array Methods.md		Array Methods.md
Array Style.md		Array Style.md
Automate Tests with Guard.md		Automate Tests with Guard.md
Automating Front-end Workflows.md		Automating Front-end Workflows.md
Backbone MVC Architecture.md		Backbone MVC Architecture.md
Backbone Models- Unique Identifiers.md		Backbone Models- Unique Identifiers.md
Backbone Models.md		Backbone Models.md
Barewords.md		Barewords.md
Bash_profile vs bash_rc.md		Bash_profile vs bash_rc.md
Basic MongoDB Syntax.md		Basic MongoDB Syntax.md
Best Practices for Backbone Templating.md		Best Practices for Backbone Templating.md
Blocks.md		Blocks.md
Boolean Algebra, Logic Gates, etc.md		Boolean Algebra, Logic Gates, etc.md
By Value versus By Reference.md		By Value versus By Reference.md
Capybara Cheat Sheet.md		Capybara Cheat Sheet.md
Chameleon Template (Chameleon README).md		Chameleon Template (Chameleon README).md
Chameleon.md		Chameleon.md
Closed Form.md		Closed Form.md
Collection+JSON.md		Collection+JSON.md
Common Backbone Errors.md		Common Backbone Errors.md
Common Enumerable Techniques.md		Common Enumerable Techniques.md
Composite Literal Syntax.md		Composite Literal Syntax.md
Composition.md		Composition.md
Computer Networks Classification.md		Computer Networks Classification.md
Computer Networks Coursera- Goals and Motivation.md		Computer Networks Coursera- Goals and Motivation.md
Computer Networks Coursera- Sockets.md		Computer Networks Coursera- Sockets.md
Computer Networks- Network Software.md		Computer Networks- Network Software.md
Computer Networks- Parts of a Network.md		Computer Networks- Parts of a Network.md
Computer Networks- Protocols and Layering.md		Computer Networks- Protocols and Layering.md
Computer Networks- Statistical Multiplexing.md		Computer Networks- Statistical Multiplexing.md
Computer Networks- The Physical Layer - Media.md		Computer Networks- The Physical Layer - Media.md
Computer Networks- The Physical Layer- Types of Media.md		Computer Networks- The Physical Layer- Types of Media.md
Computer Networks- The Physical Layer.md		Computer Networks- The Physical Layer.md
Concatenating Regular Expressions in Javascript.md		Concatenating Regular Expressions in Javascript.md
Conditionally Apply Classes with ng-class.md		Conditionally Apply Classes with ng-class.md
Context-Free Grammar.md		Context-Free Grammar.md
Continuation-Passing Style.md		Continuation-Passing Style.md
Creating A Good GitHub Page.md		Creating A Good GitHub Page.md
Creating Backbone:Marionette Applications.md		Creating Backbone:Marionette Applications.md
Database Constraints.md		Database Constraints.md
Database Indices.md		Database Indices.md
Database Locking.md		Database Locking.md
Database Normalization.md		Database Normalization.md
Database Sandboxing.md		Database Sandboxing.md
Database Speed vs Durability.md		Database Speed vs Durability.md
Dependency Injection.md		Dependency Injection.md
Direct versus Indirect Inputs.md		Direct versus Indirect Inputs.md
Document-Oriented Databases.md		Document-Oriented Databases.md
Domain-Specific API Design.md		Domain-Specific API Design.md
Dominance Relations.md		Dominance Relations.md
Dotfiles.md		Dotfiles.md
Encrypting Passwords.md		Encrypting Passwords.md
Event-Driven Javascript.md		Event-Driven Javascript.md
Event-Driven, Asynchronous Callbacks.md		Event-Driven, Asynchronous Callbacks.md
Exponentiation.md		Exponentiation.md
Express REST API.md		Express REST API.md
Express Server.md		Express Server.md
Factory Girl.md		Factory Girl.md
Fetch vs. Key Lookup.md		Fetch vs. Key Lookup.md
Filters.md		Filters.md
Function Currying.md		Function Currying.md
Function Decorators.md		Function Decorators.md
Functional Programming in Ruby and JavaScript.md		Functional Programming in Ruby and JavaScript.md
Gem Locking.md		Gem Locking.md
Gems.md		Gems.md
Gemsets.md		Gemsets.md
Git Basics- Remote Repositories.md		Git Basics- Remote Repositories.md
Git Log.md		Git Log.md
Git Merging.md		Git Merging.md
Haskell List Comprehensions.md		Haskell List Comprehensions.md
Higher Order Functions.md		Higher Order Functions.md
How to Create a Rails App.md		How to Create a Rails App.md

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