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Drew Bragg
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The taco_tuesday gem, cause Tacos

#ruby #showdev #jokes #watercooler

For years I've had to add:

class Date def taco_tuesday? tuesday? end end
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to my ruby projects so I could easily check if it was Taco Tuesday.

But No More!

Introducing the taco_tuesday gem!

Simply add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'taco_tuesday'
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And then execute:

$ bundle install
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Now you can easily check if it's taco tuesday.

With the Date class: 

require 'taco_tuesday' # May 26th 2020 is a Tuesday tuesday = Date.new(2020, 5, 26) tuesday.taco_tuesday? #=> true # May 25th 2020 is a Monday monday = Date.new(2020, 5, 25) monday.taco_tuesday? #=> false # Check if today is Taco Tuesday Date.today.taco_tuesday? #=> Same result as Date.today.tuesday?
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With the Time class: 

require 'taco_tuesday' # May 26th 2020 is a Tuesday tuesday = Time.new(2020, 5, 26) tuesday.taco_tuesday? #=> true # May 25th 2020 is a Monday monday = Time.new(2020, 5, 25) monday.taco_tuesday? #=> false # Check if today is Taco Tuesday Time.now.taco_tuesday? #=> Same result as Time.now.tuesday?
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Yes, this is a real gem and yes, you can contribute (though I'm not sure what we could add... ideas?).

I hope this post and gem gives you as good of a chuckle as it did for me.

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Andreas Jakof •

Well...
Muffin Monday?
Schnitzel Wednesday?
Chicken Thursday?
Fishy Friday?

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Drew Bragg •

Schnitzel Wednesday

😂 😂 😂

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Andreas Jakof •

Sometimes its Burger Wednesday instead of Schnitzel or Crispy Duck with Peanutbutter Sauce.
And it is never fishy Friday, but it sounded nice.