I'm Travis, a 10 year veteran software developer with a broad background in web technologies and
software markets. I've been working with Rails as my weapon of choice for the last 3 years, and
more recently, developing applications on the iPhone SDK.
A refactoring habitué and TDD adherent, I've
a special interest in software development as a craft and science.
LATEST PROJECT: Secure Rails Admin Backend With Authlogic and Multiple Sessions
A recent issue of Rails Magazine published an article by John Nunemaker on web hooks in rails, along with a concise example for triggering hooks on models using an observer class. I’ve followed this lead, but found a few basic changes necessary to make the solution more tractable for use in a typical Rails API setup.
Developing for the web means, to a greater or lesser degree, being a productive citizen in a kingdom of online data exchange; and whether by formal design or organic, ad hoc growth, this means building an API.