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Merb bootloaders explained
Merb bootloaders explained at Merb wiki. Highly recommended to Merb plugin author wannabees.
On Merb startup options and init files
Learn what configuration options in Merb cannot be specified in init file and why.
Rails 2.1 RC is out
Rails 2.1 RC1: Semi-official announcement by DHH via Twitter here.
after_create :pimp
after_create :pimp - how to automatically ping Google when you post a new content to your Rails web site.
TextMate Bundle for Merb
Thanks to Dr. Nic and Enginge Yard, there’s now a TextMate bundle for Merb.
dectxn - Rails Declarative Transactions Plugin
dectxn - Rails Declarative Transactions.
State of Merb on road to 1.0: the good, the bad and the ugly.
So you want to know what is the state of Merb on road to 1.0 scheduled May 29th…
Using Ruby in emacs screencast
Platypope has a good screencast demonstrating using Ruby in the emacs editor.
dectxn - Rails Declarative Transactions Plugin
New Rails plugin that provides declarative transaction management - dectxn - Rails Declarative Transactions Plugin.
Rubyflow in Portuguese
A friend of mine and I put together a portuguese version of the RubyFlow. The site is called Rubyonda, which translates to rubywave.
Using Capistrano with Passenger (mod_rails)
An article covering the use of the newly released Phusion Passenger (mod_rails) with Capistrano
Heroku Gains $3 Million Fund for Hosting
Rails shines more as Heroku gets $3 Million Fund for developing its Hosting Scenario and Other Tools for Rails Support. More Information is available on TechCrunch.
Poor mans CDN
This article describes how to make a poor mans CDN with Nginx, Varnish, Merb and S3. Managing a large file system can be a pain while serving huge amounts of assets can quickly become expensive. A poor mans CDN is a cheap alternative to a ZFS disk array matched with a CDN.
Ruby Kaigi 2008 Announced
RubyKaigi 2008 (Japan’s Ruby conference) has been announced. Tickets are available to buy on Saturday, May 10.
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Why separation of MSpec from Rubinius matters
MSpec and RubySpec become submodules of Rubinius now and it matters for your day to day development if you use RSpec.
Howto: Ruby on Rails with RMagick on Windows + RubyStack + Aptana RadRails + Ruby Debug
Short howto on Ruby on Rails with RMagick on Windows + RubyStack + Aptana RadRails + Ruby Debug.
DevFi podcast #1 - Buy/Build/Fork - And interview with Dan Berger, forker of Ruby
The first DevFi podcast is up, about building vs. buying vs. forking, and includes an interview with Dan Berger who recently forked the Ruby interpreter, creating the Sapphire language.
See how Merb core boots on graph
Merb core now has a visualized graph of how the framework core boots. It probably will help a lot to wrap your head around Merb core internals.
Rails Gotcha: Disabled Sessions
A look at what happens when you disable the session in your Rails application controller and want to enable it elsewhere. Also, what happens when you disable sessions, but forget to disable forgery protection? Rails Gotcha #9.
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