Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This is the 82nd video in the NerdDice create a RubyGem series. In this video Mike adds the ConvenienceMethods to the NerdDice benchmark script. Since metaprogramming is involved and performance is one of the specific common pitfalls of using method_missing, it is important to ensure that it is operating within reasonable parameters.
This video covers:
00:00:12 Introduction
00:01:58 Include ConvenienceMethods in the benchmark script
00:02:40 Add total_ ConvenienceMethods to benchmark
00:06:40 Try to adapt to use a different ratio (wrong answers only)
00:09:57 Modify label of total_ convenience methods to try and use roll_dice benchmarks (still doing it wrong)
00:14:08 Use puts statement to debug the issue and realize that the labels in x.report need to be changed
00:16:24 Give the total_ methods their own ratios use trial and error to determine values
00:18:33 Add roll_ ConvenienceMethods to benchmark
00:22:40 Add roll_3d6 ConvenienceMethods to benchmark
00:26:06 Remediate RuboCop violations, initial commit and push to GitHub
00:28:40 GitHub action: Everybody fails the first jump. Increase ratios
00:32:08 Amend commit, force push (remember to add the changes first)
00:33:18 Discussion: Was this successful? Compare with temporary version that doesn't use define_method
00:39:24 Outtake
This video is CC0 - No rights reserved. (YouTube doesn't allow this option when publishing.) All code is released under the UNLICENSE. Stateless Code denies the concept of "intellectual property". Copying is not stealing.
This is the 82nd video in the NerdDice create a RubyGem series. In this video Mike adds the ConvenienceMethods to the NerdDice benchmark script. Since metaprogramming is involved and performance is one of the specific common pitfalls of using method_missing, it is important to ensure that it is operating within reasonable parameters.
This video covers:
00:00:12 Introduction
00:01:58 Include ConvenienceMethods in the benchmark script
00:02:40 Add total_ ConvenienceMethods to benchmark
00:06:40 Try to adapt to use a different ratio (wrong answers only)
00:09:57 Modify label of total_ convenience methods to try and use roll_dice benchmarks (still doing it wrong)
00:14:08 Use puts statement to debug the issue and realize that the labels in x.report need to be changed
00:16:24 Give the total_ methods their own ratios use trial and error to determine values
00:18:33 Add roll_ ConvenienceMethods to benchmark
00:22:40 Add roll_3d6 ConvenienceMethods to benchmark
00:26:06 Remediate RuboCop violations, initial commit and push to GitHub
00:28:40 GitHub action: Everybody fails the first jump. Increase ratios
00:32:08 Amend commit, force push (remember to add the changes first)
00:33:18 Discussion: Was this successful? Compare with temporary version that doesn't use define_method
00:39:24 Outtake
This video is CC0 - No rights reserved. (YouTube doesn't allow this option when publishing.) All code is released under the UNLICENSE. Stateless Code denies the concept of "intellectual property". Copying is not stealing.
