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Integrating and consuming microformats
A brief introduction on how to integrate and consume microformats in ruby, and then display the results on a rails page.
Why MacRuby Matters
A summary of why MacRuby matters, its progress so far, and why it will replace RubyCocoa as the de facto way to develop Cocoa applications using Ruby.
Not Going Dark (Ruby Metaprogramming)
Reg Braithwaite is working on a ‘rewrite’ gem. Initially, think writing a try() implementation without opening Object.
15 Questions to Ask During a Ruby Interview
Ryan Sobol shares a treat from his bag of goodies with 15 Questions to Ask During a Ruby Interview
Using jQuery with Ruby on Rails
A short tutorial covering how to use jQuery with Rails on Rails applications instead of the prepackaged Prototype/script.aculo.us combo.
RESTful AJAX with Forgery Protection
RESTful AJAX with Forgery Protection: Just a small code snippet I came up with during the rewrite of HomeMarks. If you are doing any type of RESTful requests with AJAX objects then you might find this little tip useful.
Efficiently bulk inserting data with ActiveRecord
Save your database from having to loop over multiple insert statements by bulk inserting data with ActiveRecord in just one query
"Rails Inside" Soft Launch
First there was Ruby Inside, but now there’s also … drum roll … Rails Inside! It hasn’t been fully launched yet, but I felt RubyFlow’s audience would be a great first audience to trial it with :) All comments welcomed here.
Halcyon 0.5.0 Released
The newest version of Halcyon (0.5.0) is now released and is ready to be installed. This version of Halcyon includes a complete refactoring and redesign to be more like the MVC applications you’re used to and completely removes all code based on server operation (letting the servers do the work). Halcyon is still Rack-based, etc. Check out the announcement and the official website with all new documentation!
Introducing Functors
Dan Yoder introduces and explains Functor, a new approach to overloaded methods.
Old Migration Numbering
This post shows you how to revert back to the “old” migration numbering scheme.
Beginner ActiveRecord
I have just published a few beginner articles on ActiveRecord. I have three tutorials on one-to-one, one-to-many and many-to-many relationships. Hope it helps with setting up these relationships and using the objects in them.
On the Rubinius FFI
After reading the code of Rubinius FFI. I write a blog post to introduce it (with a simple example). The (almost) complete document for FFI is also presented, as well as a comparison to Python ctypes and a discussion on the future of FFI.
awesome_fields FormBuilder, headerize plugin
See the blog post: awesome_fields gets a FormBuilder that helps to create labeled and lined forms. Meantime, the headerize plugin lets you specify your stylesheet and javascript includes where you need them while still outputting the actual include/link tags in the header of the page.
Whoops
We decided to have a little fun with David as a thank you for the introduction to Ruby and Rails. www.whoopsonrails.com.
Acts As Community: The Social Network for Rubyists
Acts As Community is a social network exclusively for Rubyists that has been developing over the past few months. It features standard social network fare (photos, videos, groups, events) as well as an open-source project directory integrated directly with GitHub and a Ruby job board.
Easy Ajax search for your models
Implement ajax searching for your Rails models easily. This tutorial uses acts_as_ferret plugin to help you get ajax search. For a tutorial on the acts_as_ferret plugin have a look at my acts_as_ferret tutorial on how to set the plugin up.
DocBox!
Ian Ownbey posts about his new Google Summer of Code project DocBox! DocBox allows people to wikimagically update documentation for your code, then updates the code with the new comments.
RailsConf 2008 MagLev video part 1
The first part of the RailsConf 2008 talk on MagLev is now online. Wow. Gimme gimme gimme!
Cross domain RESTful JSON-P with Rails
I’ve put together a blog post chronicling my cross site AJAX woes along with solutions on overcoming them using JSON-P, Rails and jQuery.
Brightbox release 2.0.2 of the Brightbox gem
Brightbox has released v2.0.2 of their deployment gem. The gem enhances the standard Capistrano deployment recipes with extra facilities.