Comments on: find :first vs. find :all in ActiveResource http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/01/22/find-first-vs-find-all-in-activeresource/ The journal of Paul M. Watson Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:40:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta1 hourly 1 By: Jason Madigan http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/01/22/find-first-vs-find-all-in-activeresource/comment-page-1/#comment-9053 Jason Madigan Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:50:21 +0000 http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/01/22/find-first-vs-find-all-in-activeresource/#comment-9053 Does Post.find(:one) work as expected? Does Post.find(:one) work as expected?

]]> By: paulmwatson http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/01/22/find-first-vs-find-all-in-activeresource/comment-page-1/#comment-9052 paulmwatson Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:59:39 +0000 http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/01/22/find-first-vs-find-all-in-activeresource/#comment-9052 hehe, the naming does remind me of Microsoft circa the '90s. And Rails doesn't have a good reason why they call it Active*, they just do. hehe, the naming does remind me of Microsoft circa the ’90s. And Rails doesn’t have a good reason why they call it Active*, they just do.

]]> By: Jason Madigan http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/01/22/find-first-vs-find-all-in-activeresource/comment-page-1/#comment-5797 Jason Madigan Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:50:21 +0000 http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/01/22/find-first-vs-find-all-in-activeresource/#comment-5797 Does Post.find(:one) work as expected? Does Post.find(:one) work as expected?

]]> By: paulmwatson http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/01/22/find-first-vs-find-all-in-activeresource/comment-page-1/#comment-5796 paulmwatson Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:59:39 +0000 http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/01/22/find-first-vs-find-all-in-activeresource/#comment-5796 hehe, the naming does remind me of Microsoft circa the '90s. And Rails doesn't have a good reason why they call it Active*, they just do. hehe, the naming does remind me of Microsoft circa the ’90s. And Rails doesn’t have a good reason why they call it Active*, they just do.

]]> By: Shog9 http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/01/22/find-first-vs-find-all-in-activeresource/comment-page-1/#comment-9051 Shog9 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:46:48 +0000 http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/01/22/find-first-vs-find-all-in-activeresource/#comment-9051 Anyone else find the "Active" prefix used in the names of Rails components a grating reminder of a certain Microsoft theme from the '90s?<br><br>(yeah, yeah, i'm sure Rails has a much better reason for using it than MS did, but it doesn't matter, i'll always associate it with COM BS, the way i'll always associate *Gator with shady adware) Anyone else find the “Active” prefix used in the names of Rails components a grating reminder of a certain Microsoft theme from the ’90s?

(yeah, yeah, i’m sure Rails has a much better reason for using it than MS did, but it doesn’t matter, i’ll always associate it with COM BS, the way i’ll always associate *Gator with shady adware)

]]> By: Shog9 http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/01/22/find-first-vs-find-all-in-activeresource/comment-page-1/#comment-5795 Shog9 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:46:48 +0000 http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/01/22/find-first-vs-find-all-in-activeresource/#comment-5795 Anyone else find the "Active" prefix used in the names of Rails components a grating reminder of a certain Microsoft theme from the '90s? (yeah, yeah, i'm sure Rails has a much better reason for using it than MS did, but it doesn't matter, i'll always associate it with COM BS, the way i'll always associate *Gator with shady adware) Anyone else find the “Active” prefix used in the names of Rails components a grating reminder of a certain Microsoft theme from the ’90s?

(yeah, yeah, i’m sure Rails has a much better reason for using it than MS did, but it doesn’t matter, i’ll always associate it with COM BS, the way i’ll always associate *Gator with shady adware)

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