RailsConf 2015: What if Shakespeare Wrote Ruby?

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What if Shakespeare Wrote ?

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ACTION ROUND

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Adam Cuppy

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codingzeal.com

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github.com/acuppy twitter.com/adamcuppy

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amplify greatness

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Software Writers - DHH (Creator of Ruby on Rails)

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“i” before “e” (except after “c”)

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Language is powerful

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Software Writers - DHH (Creator of Ruby on Rails)

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Poet

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(8) 100 thousands!

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1,700 New Word Forms

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Shakespeare.inspect

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Domain-specific Language

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DSL?! NOOOO!!!

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Domain-specific Language

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Expressive Conventions

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* Meaningful * Demonstrative * Suggestive * revealing

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Iambic Pentameter (metered verse)

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baBOOM / baBOOM / baBOOM / baBOOM / baBOOM.

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When I / do COUNT / the CLOCK / that TELLS / the TIME

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To BE or NOT to BE, THAT is the QUEStion:

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class Character < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :play has_many :lines end

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class Character < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :play has_many :lines end Look Mom, a convention!

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app/ assets/ controllers/ helpers/ models/ views/ mailers/ bin/ config/ lib/ assets/ tasks/ ... app specific non-specific

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… and another User.where( happiness: 8..10 )

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… and another User.create User.create! user.save user.save!

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STAND UP

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sampson.when(:bite_thumb) do abraham.ask "Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?" end sampson.bite_thumb # => Abraham asks, “Do you..."

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abraham = Abraham.new sampson = Sampson.new abraham.observe sampson sampson.observe abraham abraham .when(sampson) { bit_thumb? } .then(abraham) { ask "Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?" } sampson.bite_thumb # => Abraham asks, “Do you..."

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Harmonious Simplicity

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STAND UP

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Create Spectacle

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“ Often people focus on the machines. They think, "By doing this, the machine will run more effectively.” But in fact we need to focus on humans, on how humans care about doing programming… We are the masters. They are the slaves.” - Matz (Creator of Ruby)