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Case Study: Ruby Tools for non-Ruby Projects
July 6, 2012 - Had this conversation with @trey on Twitter a few weeks back: .twitter-block blockquote:before { display: none; } @trey nope, we use straight up ruby gems with bundler + guard. it works just fine — Doug N. Avery (@averydistracted) June 14, 2012 @averydistracted What…
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Launching WWF: A Site to Help Save Wildlife
August 27, 2012 - When you start a project with a trip to the zoo (or a Lemur center, even), the likelihood the work ahead of you is going to be exciting, fulfilling and memorable is pretty high. That's exactly the experience Viget had working with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to redesign their…
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Redirector: A Redirect Rule Engine for Rails Applications
September 10, 2012 - Something we get asked to do again and again on projects is to add redirects for either old URLs (from legacy systems) or custom URLs for marketing campaigns. We often start with Rack::Rewrite, but often times we find ourselves in a situation where it would be better for the…
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What Puma, World Wildlife Fund, and Shure have in common, and why big business should care.
September 14, 2012 - Today on Business Insider, Venture capitalist Jim Goetz inked an article on the opportunities for entrepreneurs providing solutions for enterprise. Jim mentioned the ecosystem that has historically been dominated by enterprise software players where “companies are spending $500…
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Modernizing a Legend: Rebuilding the CMS for Shure.com
October 9, 2012 - Shure, Inc., a world-renowned manufacturer of iconic and legendary audio products, approached Viget in the Fall of 2011 with a simple mission: to replace their unwieldy and bloated proprietary web platform with a custom content management system (CMS). Since then, we’ve worked…
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Hidden Complexities of a Simple Idea: The Making of CrushCoverCut
August 12, 2013 - This summer at Viget's Durham office, I had the opportunity to work on a group project with an absolute dream team of rockstar interns: Curt Arledge for UX, Corwin Harrell for design, and Sid Reddy for rails dev. As the FED intern of the group, many of my tasks required me…
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Refactoring to Backbone.js
August 26, 2013 - Deciding mid-stride to adopt a JavaScript application framework exposes many difficult decisions. What should be targeted first? How does one deal with untested, legacy code? It can make transitions a scary, tedious process. At Viget, we've found Backbone to be a great…
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Level Up Your Shell Game
October 24, 2013 - The Viget dev team was recently relaxing by the fireplace, sipping a fine cognac out of those fancy little glasses, when the conversation turned (as it often does) to the Unix command line. We have good systems in place for sharing Ruby techniques (pull request code reviews)…
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Launching Documents of Freedom, A Digital Take on the Traditional Textbook
October 31, 2013 - The Bill of Rights Institute is dedicated to teaching young people across the country about America's founding history. Besides offering access to the the texts of founding documents like the Constitution and Bill of Rights, the Institute also works creatively and…
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Launching Vitae with The Chronicle of Higher Education: An Online Career Hub for Academics
November 7, 2013 - Professional growth and sharing is a big part of our culture at Viget — with each other and the larger web community. And whether it’s blogging, joining a panel at a local event, or planning a meetup with industry peers, we know the value of building a network within your…