3 Very simple sinatra app for testing your <a href='http://rejex.heroku.com'>regular expressions</a>. 2010-03-09T23:27:15+00:00 false 3568 2010-03-09T23:27:15+00:00 984 0 Some time ago I released <a href="http://github.com/rock-n-code/sinatra-pages">sinatra-pages</a>, a very practical <a href="http://sinatrarb.com">Sinatra</a> extension. Now I've used it in order to create a <a href="http://izcheznali.net/">website for social activism</a> and I'd like to show you how I did it. Please <a href="http://github.com/mr-rock/izcheznali">check it out</a>! 2010-03-07T11:46:24+00:00 false 3561 2010-03-07T11:46:24+00:00 1060 2 For Inspectinator (a sinatra microapp), I needed a database-less authentication solution that was as lightweight as possible, but with a reasonable amount of security and maintainability. I came up with something that suits this purpose well, and I'm sharing it in case anyone is looking for something similar. I call it EasyAuth. <a href="http://techspeak.plainlystated.com/2010/03/drop-dead-simple-authentication-for.html">Here ya go</a> 2010-03-05T17:42:53+00:00 false 3557 2010-03-05T20:15:52+00:00 441 0 Geoffrey Grosenbach <a href="http://blog.peepcode.com/tutorials/2010/about-this-blog" rel="nofollow" >describes</a> how he built a blog that supports per-post styles using Sinatra, Haml, and more. 2010-02-27T04:32:45+00:00 false 3527 2010-02-27T04:32:45+00:00 1113 0 Brief explanation on how to upload files using Paperclip using DataMapper and Sinatra. <a href="http://blog.wyeworks.com/2010/2/10/making-paperclip-work-with-sinatra-datamapper">Check it out here</a> 2010-02-10T11:54:05+00:00 false 3430 2010-02-10T11:55:33+00:00 904 0 I just launched the <a href="http://github.com/voxeo/tropo-webapi-ruby">tropo-webapi-ruby</a> for Tropo.com. Provides voice, SMS and IM integration to Sinatra and Rails apps. 2010-01-22T16:38:46+00:00 false 3316 2010-01-22T16:38:46+00:00 668 4 A couple of days ago, I published on Github my first pluggable app called "<a href="http://github.com/rock-n-code/sinatra-pages">sinatra-pages</a>". This is the first of many that I've in mind. In the meantime, I would like to read your comments or suggestions and critics! Rock On! 2010-01-20T06:56:47+00:00 false 3305 2010-01-20T13:46:01+00:00 1060 0 It's easier to build in phone call functionality into your app then you might think. Check out this <a href="http://blog.envylabs.com/2010/01/ruby-call-center/">Ruby call center video</a> showing off what is possible with one of the new cloud communication web services. 2010-01-19T04:03:05+00:00 false 3294 2010-01-19T04:03:05+00:00 210 3 I recently launched <a href="http://rendera.heroku.com" rel="nofollow" >Rendera.heroku.com</a> so I could easily test out some HTML5 and CSS3 examples, and I decided to open it up for others to use. I've added several examples, as well as support for HAML and SASS. There's no support for saving your work on my server, but you can export anything you do to a standalone HTML file. I built the core of Rendera in a few hours, using Sinatra, HAML, SASS, and a lot of jQuery. I've been tweaking it over the last few weeks, adding examples that illustrate some of the cooler things you can do with CSS3 and HTML5. This is also the first application I've done in years that does not have a database. Hit me up on Twitter (@bphogan) with suggestions or comments. 2010-01-13T05:23:32+00:00 false 3257 2010-01-13T16:10:30+00:00 1153 0 <a href="http://houseofpostmodern.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/introducing-the-new-web-spider-obstacle-course/">Introducing the new Web Spider Obstacle Course</a> (WSOC). <a href="http://github.com/postmodern/wsoc/">WSOC</a> was completely re-written as a <a href="http://sinatrarb.com/">Sinatra</a> app, and can easily be used to test the robustness of any Web Spider/Crawler/Scanner. Currently, <a href="http://spidr.rubyforge.org/">Spidr</a> uses WSOC as part of it's test suite. 2010-01-11T03:50:36+00:00 false 3249 2010-01-11T03:50:36+00:00 488 0 <a href="http://r18n.rubyforge.org">R18n</a> now has <a href="http://r18n.rubyforge.org/rails.html">full compatibility</a> with Rails I18n and add to Ruby on Rails: filters, i18n support for models, time formatters, nice syntax and out-of-box pluralizations and autodetect user locale. Also R18n has Sinatra, Merb and desktop plugins. 2010-01-03T17:45:20+00:00 false 3209 2010-01-03T17:45:20+00:00 512 0 is a <a href="http://github.com/acatighera/omniture_client">gem</a> that integrates Omniture SiteCatalyst into your web application. It works with Rails, Sinatra or any other ruby web framework. It allows you to easily and unobtrusively set up custom tracking at the controller level. To find out more click <a href="http://github.com/acatighera/omniture_client">here</a>. 2009-12-15T16:54:05+00:00 false 3153 2009-12-15T16:54:05+00:00 853 0 <a href="http://github.com/derailed/rackamole" rel="nofollow" >Rackamole</a> is a rackable component to monitor your rails/sinatra web applications. Monitoring and providing a sense of how features are used in your web application seems to be a missing step in an application lifecycle. Using Rackamole, you will be able to assess if your app is a success or a bust as well as track high level perf issues and uncaught exceptions. 2009-12-07T16:50:23+00:00 false 3127 2009-12-07T16:50:23+00:00 1119 0 This is the second part of the series on MongoDB. In this screencast, we create a small Sinatra app called YASI that accesses the data using MongoDB. Watch the series at <a href="http://www.teachmetocode.com">TeachMeToCode.com</a> 2009-11-30T19:13:36+00:00 false 3105 2009-11-30T19:13:36+00:00 1031 1 MacRuby 0.5 beta 2 just got released, read the <a href="http://www.macruby.org/blog/2009/11/17/macruby05b2.html">official blog post</a>. 2009-11-18T02:44:32+00:00 true 3036 2009-11-18T05:17:33+00:00 96 0 <a href="http://sickill.net/blog/2009/11/15/rails-like-console-for-any-rack-based-ruby-web-app.html">racksh</a> aka Rack::Shell is a console for Rack based ruby web applications. It's like Rails' <em>script/console</em> or Merb's <em>merb -i</em>, but for any app built on Rack. You can use it to load application environment for Rails, Merb, Sinatra, Camping, Ramaze or your own framework provided there is <em>config.ru</em> file in app's root directory. 2009-11-15T13:56:38+00:00 false 3023 2009-11-15T13:57:57+00:00 858 0 I just wrote a little tutorial about <a href="http://www.digitalhobbit.com/2009/11/08/building-a-twitter-filter-with-sinatra-redis-and-tweetstream/">how to implement a Twitter filter web app using Sinatra, Redis, and TweetStream</a>. It discusses both the architecture and rationale for my technology choices, as well as presenting the actual code. You can see my example app live at <a href="http://twatcher.com">twatcher.com</a>. Hope this is useful. 2009-11-08T08:59:49+00:00 false 2982 2009-11-08T09:07:59+00:00 500 1 <a href="http://github.com/nesquena/sinatra_more">sinatra_more</a> strives to be a central-hub for useful sinatra extensions such as tag helpers, form_builders, partials, and a whole lot more. I have been working with Sinatra a great deal lately and started writing and collecting various convenience extensions from project to project. Finally, this led me to release the <a href="http://github.com/nesquena/sinatra_more">sinatra_more onto github</a>. Check out the <a href="http://github.com/nesquena/sinatra_more">README</a> which gives a solid overview. 2009-10-26T11:28:44+00:00 false 2918 2009-10-26T11:28:44+00:00 168 7 Created to be designer friendly and keep code out of views, <a href="http://github.com/stonean/ruhl">RuHL</a> is an HTML parser (using Nokogiri) that utilizes a data-ruhl attribute to make the content dynamic. Has support for Rails and Sinatra. 2009-10-08T02:17:26+00:00 false 2851 2009-10-08T02:19:39+00:00 165 0 Have a great app idea but not much time to develop it? <a href="http://github.com/hansineffect/Shoes-and-a-Shotgun">Shoes and a Shotgun</a> was created for the web developer short on time. It uses Shoes for Ruby / Gems Support, Thin for the web-server, and Shotgun so you don't have to restart the server to see changes. <a href="http://github.com/hansineffect/Shoes-and-a-Shotgun">Shoes and a Shotgun</a> makes developing apps for Sinatra or any other Rack-enabled framework a breeze. 2009-09-30T19:33:47+00:00 false 2826 2009-09-30T22:00:32+00:00 842 0 A guest post by Julio Javier Cicchelli on how to use <a href="http://rubylearning.com/blog/2009/09/30/cookie-based-sessions-in-sinatra/">Cookie-based sessions in Sinatra</a>. 2009-09-30T03:10:22+00:00 false 2819 2009-09-30T03:10:22+00:00 10 0 Google App Engine has all the potential to become a popular deployment platform for Ruby applications: Sinatra, Rack, Rails, etc! A look at the <a href="http://www.igvita.com/2009/09/23/deploying-jruby-on-google-app-engine/">tools and gotchas of migrating to GAE</a>. 2009-09-23T15:46:21+00:00 true 2796 2009-09-24T09:59:07+00:00 9 jtoy 0 I just launched <a href="http://jtoy.net/2009/09/21/delicious-and-instapaper.html" rel="nofollow" >del2ip</a>, it copies delicious bookmarks to instapaper. My first published sinatra app 2009-09-22T16:56:26+00:00 false 2788 2009-09-22T16:56:26+00:00 0 I just launched <a href="https://github.com/bmizerany/sinatra-activerecord">sinatra-activerecord</a>. The gem is hosted at <a href="http://gemcutter.org/gems/sinatra-activerecord">gemcutter.org</a> 2009-09-22T07:03:04+00:00 false 2785 2009-09-22T07:03:04+00:00 807 0 I just shot up <a href="http://github.com/bmizerany/sinatra-redis">sinatra-redis</a> to Github. Use Sinatra and the popular Key-Value store Redis with only a simple <code>require</code>. Install with <a href="http://hellorip.com/about.html">rip</a> and BOOM. 2009-09-14T06:07:15+00:00 false 2752 2009-09-14T06:07:15+00:00 807 marktucks 0 How I set up my Sinatra app to <a href="http://www.marktucks.com/" rel="nofollow" >send email through Gmail using Action Mailer</a>. 2009-09-09T21:40:09+00:00 false 2740 2009-09-09T21:40:09+00:00 0 Get started with Rails with <a href="http://www.purpleworkshops.com/workshops/rails-for-everyone" rel="nofollow" >Rails for Everyone</a>, geared for everyone new to Rails. The workshop focuses on RESTful development and Rails best practices in an inclusive, professional environment. Oct. 24, 2009 in Chicago, $395. Or take your Rails and Sinatra apps to the next level by learning how to properly use Javascript and the jQuery framework. <a href="http://www.purpleworkshops.com/workshops/essential-javascript" rel="nofollow" >Essential Javascript with jQuery</a>, Oct 17, 2009 in Chicago, $395. 2009-09-03T14:13:41+00:00 false 2705 2009-09-03T14:13:41+00:00 365 gkreimer 3 Interesting <a href="http://yehudakatz.com/2009/08/26/how-to-build-sinatra-on-rails-3/" rel="nofollow" >post by yehuda katz</a> about how to use sinatra on rails 2009-08-27T20:03:37+00:00 false 2675 2009-08-27T20:03:37+00:00 1 <a href="http://github.com/outoftime/clickistrano">Clickistrano</a> is a simple web front-end, written in Sinatra, that initiates Capistrano deployments. After starting the deployment, it displays a live-updating deployment log as well as the deployment status. 2009-08-17T18:31:26+00:00 false 2637 2009-08-17T18:31:26+00:00 567 0 <a href="http://code.quirkey.com/sinatra-gen">sinatra-gen 0.4</a> makes creating sinatra apps as easy as: <code>sinatra-gen myapp get:/ get:/login post:/login get:/secret --middleware=rack/cache --heroku</code> 2009-08-14T15:27:21+00:00 true 2630 2009-08-14T16:11:55+00:00 803 Manalang 0 <a href="http://manalang.com/how-to-embed-a-sinatra-app-inside-a-rails-app" rel="nofollow" >How to embed a Sinatra app inside a Rails app as a plugin without using Metal</a> 2009-08-07T22:30:20+00:00 false 2600 2009-08-07T22:30:20+00:00 0 Blake Mizerany (that's me) is going around the US starting with the East Coast to meet as many of you Ruby, Rails, and Sinatra groups as I can! I just got back from a great visit with Seattle.rb and am off to NYC.rb and BostonRB with more in the works. <a href="http://blog.heroku.com/archives/2009/8/4/bringing_heroku_to_the_east_coast/" rel="nofollow" >Read more here</a> and let us know if you would like us to stop by your hood. 2009-08-04T23:41:16+00:00 false 2589 2009-08-05T03:27:15+00:00 807 0 <a href="http://sumapp.com">Sum</a> is an <a href="http://github.com/winton/sum">open source</a> budgeting application backed by Sinatra. 2009-07-20T00:44:16+00:00 false 2523 2009-07-20T00:44:16+00:00 312 0 The atlanta ruby user group July presentations are now online. <a href="http://atlruby.org/bsiggelkow/posts/110-RankNStein-">Bill Siggelkow presented a simple little Sinatra app he created called RankNStein!</a> and <a href="http://atlruby.org/markpercival/posts/109-Mechanical-Turk-Ruby-Gem">Mark Percival scratched an itch with his new mechanical Turk Gem</a> 2009-07-11T23:40:14+00:00 false 2492 2009-07-11T23:40:14+00:00 310 0 A mini-series on <a href="http://rubylearning.com/blog/2009/07/06/how-do-i-learn-and-master-sinatra/">how to learn and master Sinatra</a>. In the first part, Rubyist Corey Donohoe gives us his insights. 2009-07-06T04:14:25+00:00 false 2463 2009-07-06T04:14:25+00:00 10 0 <a href="http://matthewfawcett.co.uk/2009/07/05/monit-aggregator-a-sinatra-interface-for-monit">Monit Aggregator</a> is a Sinatra app that aggregates the data from your Monit web interfaces onto 1 page. There is also a free hosted version at <a href="http://runslikeclockwork.com">Runs Like Clockwork - server monitoring</a>. 2009-07-05T16:02:46+00:00 false 2460 2009-07-05T16:02:46+00:00 714 4 I've finally pushed out Parkaby, the superfast Markaby clone, together with Camping, Rails and Sinatra hooks. Have a look at the <a href="http://github.com/judofyr/parkaby/tree/master#readme">README</a> and feel free to ask any questions here or <a href="http://judofyr.net/posts/parkaby.html">over at my blog</a>. 2009-07-04T12:59:39+00:00 false 2456 2009-07-04T14:13:48+00:00 56 Prakash Kukreja 0 Understand how, where and why many Rubyists today, are <a href="http://rubylearning.com/blog/2009/06/29/20-rubyists-using-sinatra-do-you/" rel="nofollow" >using Sinatra</a>. 20+ Rubyists like Peter Cooper, Aaron Quint and many more give us some insights. 2009-06-29T03:19:32+00:00 false 2429 2009-06-29T03:19:32+00:00 0 <a href="http://rubylearning.com/blog/2009/06/24/follow-10-rubyists-using-sinatra-on-twitter/">A list of Rubyists using Sinatra</a> micro-web framework and on Twitter. Can you suggest some more? 2009-06-25T02:09:37+00:00 false 2418 2009-06-25T02:09:37+00:00 10 Sunil Kelkar 0 An excellent, quick tutorial for Ruby beginners on how to create a "<a href="http://rubylearning.com/blog/2009/06/23/want-to-create-a-sinatra-web-service/" rel="nofollow" >Sinatra Web Service</a>". 2009-06-23T02:35:47+00:00 false 2409 2009-06-23T02:35:47+00:00 0 <a href="http://lucaguidi.com/2009/06/13/memoria-statistics-for-redis">Memoria</a> is a tiny <a href="http://www.sinatrarb.com">Sinatra</a> web application for <a href="http://code.google.com/p/redis/">Redis</a> statistics. 2009-06-13T16:02:19+00:00 false 2379 2009-06-13T23:00:07+00:00 776 0 <a href="http://github.com/penguincoder/airtruk">Airtruk</a> is an application that will feed a shell script to a machine based on it's hostname. It allows for any number of configurations and for files to be both replaced and executed. See: <a href="http://en.oreilly.com/rails2009/public/schedule/detail/7879">PWN Your Infrastructure Behind Call of Duty: World at War</a> for the original presentation on managing a network of rails machines. 2009-06-05T17:24:31+00:00 false 2343 2009-06-05T17:24:31+00:00 860 5 <a href="http://jschat.org">JsChat</a> is a real time chat protocol based on JSON with a server written in Ruby. There's a Sinatra-based web app that supports IE, and an Ncurses client which is similar to irssi. 2009-05-27T13:59:45+00:00 false 2300 2009-05-27T13:59:45+00:00 386 0 Frustrated trying to set up a development environment? <a href="http://github.com/hansineffect/shoes-and-a-shotgun/tree/master" rel="nofollow" >Shoes and a Shotgun</a> runs a fully loaded web-stack on your desktop for easy web-app development. Shoes and a Shotgun is to Sinatra what Locomotive was to Rails. 2009-05-20T17:26:58+00:00 false 2271 2009-05-20T18:36:46+00:00 842 sausheong 0 This blog post - <a href="http://blog.saush.com/2009/05/clone-tinyurl-with-40-lines-of-ruby-code-on-google-appengine-for-java/" rel="nofollow" >Clone TinyURL with 40 lines of Ruby code on Google AppEngine for Java</a> - is a followup to <a href="http://blog.saush.com/2009/04/clone-tinyurl-in-40-lines-of-ruby-code/" rel="nofollow" >Clone TinyURL in 40 lines of Ruby code</a> describing how to deploy the same 40 line Sinatra-based TinyURL clone on to Google AppEngine for Java instead of Heroku. 2009-05-15T15:10:40+00:00 true 2243 2009-05-16T16:06:10+00:00 4 Tanner Burson has crammed <a href="http://blog.tannerburson.com/2009/05/pushing-entire-sinatra-app-into-rackup.html">a Sinatra app (with included tests) into a single Rackup file.</a> What's interesting is that the app will only run if the specs passed - whoa! 2009-05-14T21:59:22+00:00 false 2235 2009-05-14T21:59:22+00:00 5 0 I've written an article on micro-frameworks, featuring Sinatra for Ruby and Limonade for PHP. You can read the story online at <a href="http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7324" rel="nofollow" >Linux Magazine.</a> 2009-05-07T16:45:19+00:00 false 2192 2009-05-07T19:45:49+00:00 821 bmizerany 4 If you're interested on how to get DJ (<a href="http://github.com/tobi/delayed_job/tree/master">DelayedJob</a>) working with Sinatra, <a href="http://sinatra-dj.heroku.com/" rel="nofollow" >here is an example</a>. <em>(DelayedJob is a database backed asynchronous priority queue extracted from Shopify.)</em> 2009-04-30T07:59:25+00:00 false 2157 2009-04-30T09:45:44+00:00 bmizerany 4 <a href="http://github.com/bmizerany/sinatra-captcha/tree/master" rel="nofollow" >sinatra-captcha</a> Quick simple captcha for sinatra 2009-04-30T07:38:19+00:00 false 2156 2009-04-30T07:38:19+00:00 0 An agnostic and rich i18n tool <a href="http://r18n.rubyforge.org/#sinatra">R18n</a> now has support for Sinatra. 2009-04-22T00:38:21+00:00 false 2105 2009-04-22T00:38:21+00:00 512