by support@ryatta.com | Jan 21, 2015 | Development, Ruby, Workshops
The second Refactoring Workshop we held at Ruby Hack Night, hosted by theScore, was at least as successful as the first. We’re going to have to make this an ongoing project! Thank you everyone who came out to hack with us, especially those who have attended both...
by support@ryatta.com | Dec 4, 2014 | Best Practices, Luxury Theme, ROBE for Spa, Spa Management
In many ways, spa guests are a reflection of all savvy consumers today. They are knowledgeable and are looking to spend wisely. They appreciate service, especially the great people who deliver it consistently. They are looking for ways to “get away from it all”...
by support@ryatta.com | Nov 24, 2014 | Development, Ruby, Workshops
Some developers who attended our workshop at Ruby Hack Night were asking about refactoring in the context of the development processes that go on each day at Ryatta (and forward-thinking dev shops everywhere ;). Refactoring is the simple task of reworking code for...
by support@ryatta.com | Nov 24, 2014 | Development, Ruby, Workshops
Based on the positive feedback from October’s Hack Night attendees, we are planning to continue our workshop series on clean code and refactoring. We’ll start by recapping our progress to-date. And then we’re going to facilitate a discussion on what...
by support@ryatta.com | Nov 13, 2014 | ROBE for Spa
Do you yield your prices by day? Now you can do it online with ROBE for Spa. Today we are announcing support for daily price yields. With one click, import the yielding configuration from your spa management system, and we’ll present the correct price to your guests...
by support@ryatta.com | Nov 13, 2014 | Best Practices, ROBE for Spa, Spa Management
Your SpaDirect site is working like a charm, and the bookings are rolling in, but you can always do more to promote it. Maximize your ROI by noting the following paths your customers can follow to arrive at a conversion, and optimize them all! 1. Your Website/Mobile...
by support@ryatta.com | Nov 5, 2014 | Development, Ruby, Workshops
This is a continuation of our series on the lessons we learned from running a refactoring workshop at Ruby Hack Night. You can read Part 1 here. Let’s take a closer look at the broader structure of refactoring, and maybe dive a little deeper into some of the tactics...
by support@ryatta.com | Nov 4, 2014 | Development, Ruby, Workshops
Many low-level tools can be deployed when refactoring; here are 8 fantastic tactics we saw groups using at the Refactoring Workshop we held at Ruby Hack Night Use your tests. Never make more changes before testing than you can debug and revert without pain. Some...
by support@ryatta.com | Nov 3, 2014 | Development, Ruby, Workshops
The Refactoring Workshop we held at Ruby Hack Night, hosted by theScore, went really well. We didn’t count how many people we crammed into that room, but there must have been at least 25 of you – I know I spent the first chunk scrounging extra chairs! Which is...
by support@ryatta.com | Oct 22, 2014 | Development, Ruby, Workshops
At Ryatta Group, we take the cleanliness and maintainability of our code extremely seriously. That doesn’t mean we’re perfect; we have our share of modules with krufty methods, poorly named variables, and impenetrable chunks. But we’re always improving, and each time...
