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Phusion Passenger 2.0 RC 1 and Ruby Enterprise Edition released
Phusion Passenger 2.0 RC 1 and Ruby Enterprise Edition have been officially released. This time for real.
javascript_auto_include plugin updated
The javascript_auto_include plugin has been updated to allow multiple views to use the same javascript file.
How To Write Macros in RSpec
An article walking through how to create shoulda-like macros in rspec. Extending rspec’s DSL is easier than you think! [more inside]
Tumblr, RMagick and a Photo Frame!
Render your Tumblr quotes into JPGs (with Ruby) for easy enjoyment on any digital photo frame.
The Worst Rails Code (wrap-up)
Foz posts a wrap-up called “The Worst Rails Code”, based on the presentation Obie Fernandez gave at RailsConf 2008. Include notes from that talk, along with suggestions to improve your Rails code.
Twitter plugin for Typo
Nice little Typo plugin that allows you to follow a Twitter user in the sidebar.
How not to present at RailsConf in 14 easy steps
Jonathan Dahl’s popular RailsConf lightning talk How not to present at RailsConf in 14 easy steps has been posted as a screencast. If you missed it, be sure to check it out! Also, he just did an interview with Ezra Zygmuntowicz about Merb
The Absolute Moron's Guide to Capistrano, Git and Thin Edition
The Absolute Moron’s Guide to Capistrano, Git and Thin Edition. An update of the earlier Absolute Moron’s Guide to Capistrano featuring some extra tips for Git and Thin users (versus SVN and Mongrel).
MagLev handles trees like a monkey
MagLev handles trees like a monkey (or MagLev vs Ruby 1.8.6 vs Python vs Perl vs PHP vs C++)
Videos from Why the Lucky Stiff
Did you know that our friend Why the Lucky Stiff has published some funny Ruby-vidoes?
Rails plugin to enhance the activerecord conditions hash
Put up a rails plugin called ‘conditions_fu’ that enhances ActiveRecord with the ability to use a full-featured condition hash during a find, similar to DataMapper.
Write your javascript in ruby with rubyjs
Recently published blog post about rubyjs, a nifty gem that compiles ruby into javascript:
Library for creating and manipulating your own parse trees
Cry provides a simple interface to create, manipulate, and evaluate parse trees in Ruby meta-programming.
Anouncing RubyDiff
Check out rubydiff , it’s a neat tool for doing high-level diffs on ruby code. I have a longer post about it as well with some examples.
Tips, help and links needed for Ruby Inside RSpec Roundup
Tips, help and links needed for Ruby Inside RSpec Roundup: I’m looking at creating a “round up” of useful RSpec tutorials, links, videos, resources, tips, blog posts, anything like that, for Ruby Inside. If you’ve written an article about RSpec (or want to - you’ll get traffic!) or want to recommend something I can link to, please leave a comment here.
Ruby Fishy Edition
My thoughts on Ruby Enterprise Edition and Phusion.
Getting Started with Merb: Routing and Controllers
Part 2 of an on-going series on Merb basics, this episode features: an introduction to setting up routes and writing controllers, with a focus on providing responses in multiple formats using ‘provides’ and ‘display’ (equivalent to Rails’ respond_to functionality).
Cachetastic 1.7.0 Released
The simple, yet extremely powerful, Ruby caching framework, Cachetastic has been upgraded to 1.7.0.
PHP Bench - Somebody please build this for Ruby
“PHP Bench was constructed as a way to open people’s eyes to the fact that not every PHP code snippet will run at the same speed.” [more inside]
Rails is a pre fab house
Yehuda Katz, Ruby Hero, Merb/DataMapper/Jquery core member posted this interesting metaphor comparing Rails and Merb.
attachment_fu tutorial
If you wanted to add attachments to your models, attachment_fu is a great plugin to make it easy for you. I have created a tutorial for you to help you get started.
MVC videos from RailsConf 2008
MVC videos featuring FiveRuns developer Adam Keys and Jason and Gregg from RailsEnvy.