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SWFUpload, Paperclip and Rails
An article covering how to use SWFUpload, Paperclip and Ruby on Rails along with a test application to see how things can fit together.
The Dangers Of Tutorials
This is the first time I’ve ever posted an article I wrote but it’s something I feel strongly about. The dangers of tutorials when not used properly.
Ideas behind DataMapper
Adam French posted some thoughts that outline ideas behind DataMapper.
Rackup file update in Edge Merb
If you use Merb from Git repository, please update your rackup file (rack.rb) or Merb won’t be serving your assets.
Interview with Lance Walley, CEO of Engine Yard
Sazbean.com has an interview with the CEO of Rails friendly hosting company Engine Yard
Rails Envy Podcast #31
The 31st Rails Envy Podcast is now up, delivering your weekly does of Ruby/Rails news in an entertaining format. This week with Steven Bristol.
Do we really need Controller and View tests?
Hardly anybody denies that testing your model is absolutely necessary to build a robust application. The question is: Do we really need Controller and View tests in our Rails applications? (The article talks about rspec and Rails but most of it can also be applied to other testing frameworks and web frameworks.)
RubyEnterpriseEdition.com "launches"
RubyEnterpriseEdition.com shows some mysterious diagrams. Thin, Mongrel, Passenger and LiteSpeed are being compared. Can anyone solve the riddle?
pl_analyze log viewer with Merb
An HTML view with sortable tables for your pl_analyze reports backed by Merb is described in this post.
Merb exception email notification
Merb exception email notification describes a way to add basic exception email notification to your merb project.
Rails Escapes the Ghetto, Phusion on Dreamhost
Rails has escaped the ghetto, aided by the Phusion Passenger team and Dreamhost. Dreamhost now allows users to host Rails applications using Phusion.
Merb: Routing 201
Merb: Routing 201 a summary of how routing works for those times when the ‘default’ routes or ‘resources’ are insufficient. This article will get you started on more useful Routing techniques.
Cote interviews FiveRuns
Michael Cote of Redmonk interviews Steve Sanderson, FiveRuns VP Development and Technology, and Bruce WIlliams, Rubyist and FiveRuns developer on the FiveRuns Manage 2.0 beta release.
If it says Katz, it's gotta be good.
Yehuda Katz release a new way to write scripts in ruby, I would highly recommend checking it out. By Thor’s Hammer!
Ubuntu Server 8.04 Rails Guide - Part 2
Ubuntu Server 8.04 Rails Guide - Part 2 The second part of the Ruby on Rails Guide that I started last week. Please post any comments or suggestions. Thanks!
New Version of FiveRuns Manage Rails Monitoring Product Available
FiveRuns has released Manage 2.0, the latest version of their Rails monitoring product, into public beta.
ActiveRecord Oracle "enhanced" adapter
ActiveRecord Oracle “enhanced” adapter is original Rails Oracle adapter with several new enhancements - performance improvements for schema dump operations, fix for database session store, and also better handling of date, integer and boolean data types when using Rails with legacy Oracle databases.
HAProxy Load Balancing & QoS for your App. Servers
Hands on how-to for optimizing response times and coordinating traffic between multiple clusters of app. servers, with the help of HAProxy.
Units Tests and Autocompletion
Jim Jones wonders if we shouldn’t be using the runtime data from unit tests to create an autocomplete feature for Textmate.
Javascript auto include rails plugin released
Jamie Dyer of Media72 Hosting has published the javascript_auto_include plugin which, as the name suggests, automatically includes javascript files in your template.
Chunky Iterator
A code snippet that lets you “iterate over large collections of Active Record objects without having to load them all at once, thus reducing memory usage”.
Distributed MVC in Merb
A neat approach to designing components for merb and good look at how it differs from rails. Distributed MVC
can_has_auth released!
Another option for easy user authentication in merb was released by me. It takes a new approach to merb plugins and makes it super simple. Also has a version for the edge version of datamapper. can_has_auth
This Week in Ruby (May 12, 2008)
This Week in Ruby (May 12, 2008): Ruby, Rails, Merb, etcetera.
Exception notifications for Merb
Looking for exception notifications for Merb application? Grab it at github.