methodology

It seems there is a new catch-phrase emerging in the web development field: object-oriented CSS. On the face of it, this strikes me as simply being best-practice packaged up in a catchy slogan. I understand and fully respect the intentions behind the movement, but is there any more to it? Does anyone have any further insight that sets this approach apart as something more credible or should I just take it as a reminder to make sure I inherit and cascade my classes correctly? I would say it's more of a catchy buzz-phrase for something already present in CSS. Of course, before we start talking

Sending an email is usually called after an action on a model, but the email itself is a view operation. I'm looking for how you think about what question(s) to ask yourself to determine where to put the action mailer method call. I've seen/used them: In a model method - bad coupling of related but seperate concerns? In a callback in the model (such as after_save) - best separation as far as I can tell with my current level of knowledge. In the controller action - just feels wrong, but are there situations were this would be the smartest way to structure the code? If I want to know how to

Closed . This question is opinion-based. It is not currently accepting answers. Learn more . Want to improve this question? Update the question so it can be answered with facts and citations by editing this post . Closed 2 months ago . Here's a scenario I'm sure you're all familiar with. You have a fairly "hands off" customer, who really doesn't want to get too involved in the decision making despite your best efforts. An experienced development team spend hours discussing the pros and cons of a particular approach to a problem and come up with an elegant solution which avoids the pitfalls of

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As a database architect, developer, and consultant, there are many questions that can be answered. One, though I was asked recently and still can't answer good, is... "What is one of, or some of, the best methods or techniques to keep database changes documented, organized, and yet able to roll out effectively either in a single-developer or multi-developer environment." This may involve stored procedures and other object scripts, but especially schemas - from documentation, to the new physical update scripts, to rollout, and then full-circle. There are applications to make this happen, but