The Ruby and Rails community linklog
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Rails 2.1 features
Rolling with Rails 2.1 - The First Full Tutorial - Part 1 - Part 2
Coding font lineup
A coding font lineup has been posted on :ski_on_rails. Check it out if you’ve been looking for a nicer font to code in :)
Ruby autoload tip for just-in-time configuration of a Rails app
Quick tip describing how to use Ruby’s autoload facility to defer configuration of certain parts of a Rails app.
JRuby with Open Terracotta
Clustering JRuby with Open Terracotta (open source software that clusters the Java Virtual Machines)
rails-widgets
“Rails Widgets is a collection of UI widgets for RubyOnRails that you can put in your own application at the speed of light! With them you can add tabbed navigation, tables, tooltips in a snap.” (It’s the cleanest way of doing tab navigation that I’ve seen.)
Organised bioinformatics experiments
Bioinformatics Zen explains how bioinformatics experiments are using DataMapper and Rake in their workflow.
The AJAX Head Design Pattern
The “The AJAX Head Design Pattern” is the name for the design philosophies driving the rewrite of the HomeMarks.com application for Rails 2.1. In short the pattern forces the view and controller to work in isolation with the most minimal coupling possible. Kind of like a web service. Long, but videos are included.
Writing a blog in Rails 2.0.2 (not quite in 15 minutes)
A new ‘blog in 15 minutes’ tutorial by Olafski on :ski_on_rails
200 Ruby on Rails resources
The previously mentioned Ruby on Rails Link Library just accomplished the total of 200 links!
Merb gets slices
Slices are self contained merb apps with models, controlers, views and assets that you can distribute as rubygems. You can mount a merb-slice at a specific point in your router definition and you can override any part of the slice up in your main app. [more inside]
Shoes: More Advanced Graphics Support
Shoes, WhyTheLuckyStiff’s GUI app toolkit, now has improved graphics support with some Photoshop-esque effects and better syntax.
More HTML and Markup
A follow up on issues of HTML and markup, including an implementation of a simple HTML tag generator: HTML + Code Markup: Threat or Menace, Part Two
A Ruby Test Framework in One Line
Fun with eval - a Ruby “test” framework in one line.
How to consume Web Services with soap4r over a ssl mutual authentication protected channel
Here is an article that explains how to call über-protected (ssl mutual authentication + basic auth) web services with soap4r.
How merb slices are different from Rails engines
How merb slices are different from Rails engines: they do the same task but have one huge difference at the core.
endless_pageless
endless_pageless: An unobtrusive pageless pagination in Rails plugin
How to specify FKs on association in DataMapper 0.9
Specifying foreign keys on associations in DataMapper 0.9 explicitly may be tricky from ActiveRecord user perspective. Here is how you do it, and some reasons behind this difference.
Complainy Launches
The guys at Unspace have launched a great timewaster site on Rails: Complainy. Say anything you want about any subject.
Rails Icon Pack
3 color variations of the Ruby on Rails folder icon in 5 different sizes. Also includes a squared version of Rails logo in 5 different sizes.
Animoto devblog
The guys at Animoto have started their own dev blog about Ruby, Rails and Javascript
Ask Your Doctor About mod_rails
Geoffrey Grosenbach talks about his experience with mod_rails.
Mack 0.5.5 Released
Mack 0.5.5 has been released. With a new rendering engine there is now support for Markaby and Haml.