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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.
Haskell-style monad do-notation for Ruby
Haskell-style monad do-notation for Ruby
Rails Caching and Namespaces
I recently implemented action caching on my blog and ran into some problems with cache expiration using namespaces.
Slide Show (S9) Ruby Gem - A Free Web Alternative to KeyNote and PowerPoint
I have created the slideshow (S9) Ruby gem - a free web alternative to KeyNote and PowerPoint - that lets you create slide shows and author slides in plain text using a wiki-style markup language that’s easy-to-write and easy-to-read. The latest slideshow (S9) gem update now also includes code syntax highlighting using the Ultraviolet gem.
acts_as_ferret tutorial
This is a tutorial I created on acts_as_ferret. Let me know what you guys think and what could be added/changed. [more inside]
Ruby && DTrace!
DTrace is a dynamic tracing framework that’s part of Solaris and Mac OS X Leopard. In this article we examine the use of DTrace with the Ruby provider to gather application level probe information about the behaviour of a Ruby application, from method invocation flow, performance timings to object allocations and more.
Lockdown: Authentication / roles plugin for Rails
Lockdown is an authentication / authorization system for Rails (ver 2.x). It includes support for user groups and permissions with a nice Ruby syntax to enforce the security constraints.
This Week in Ruby (May 20, 2008)
This Week in Ruby (May 20, 2008).
Rails 2.1 - Partial Updates May Create Invalid Records
Rails 2.1 will will do partial SQL updates, but it may create invalid records.
Guide to Unobtrusive JavaScript
Unobtrusive JavaScript has been a big topic over the last few months and even years. This article is the first in a series of articles to come and shows you how to remove JavaScript from your HTML codes using Dan Webb’s phenomenal Prototype-based library to define behaviors of page elements.
Managing Multiple Images for Multimodel Forms
Jim Jones shows how to manage multiple images within your form using attachment_fu.