by Dylan Tack, Lead Development Architect
Last week, this error brought many of our deployments to a screeching halt. "upload via sftp failed on metaltoad.com: Net::SFTP::StatusException (Net::SFTP::StatusException open ...releases/20130408223054/drupal/ sites/all/themes/boilerplate/css/compiled/default.css (2, "no such file"))". Read More…
by Dylan Tack, Lead Development Architect
One interesting thing that has evolved from our use of Capistrano is the configuration files have become the de-facto documentation hub for a project's server connection details. (We do maintain inventory data elsewhere, but for the developer in the trenches, config/deploy/prod.rb is the first place to look). A question arose: How to parse the settings out of these files? Read More…
by Chuck Vose, Web Developer
Of all the powerful words in any language assertion is in my opinion the absolute most powerful. With affermative language we are able to create trust, enact people's will, and begin processes. Silly of course, to take one word to mean so much but I believe everyone can agree that when a client asks for something 'yes' should be the thing that jumps to your lips immediately, hopefully without qualification but at times you have to add on things like 'and it will cost x' or ', now lets look at the plan and see how we can make this a reality'. But this post isn't about clients, it's about our language and framework choices. Read More…