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WindyCityRails
WindyCityRails is a gathering for all who are passionate about Ruby on Rails. It’s a small, non-profit conference that costs $99 to attend, and well be held in Chicago on Sept 20th. Only 180 seats available, so sign up soon! :)
Sessions by Collective Idea: Ruby on Rails Training
Take a vacation from normal training courses. Come to beautiful Holland, Michigan to learn Ruby on Rails with an experienced team of instructors. You’ll spend four days learning Rails in the heart of Downtown Holland, gaining hands-on experience with Rails with ample one-on-one learning opportunities.
Free Ruby Course batch starts soon
Announcing the 6th batch of the Free Online Ruby Programming Course - starting Saturday, 5th July 2008. Enrollments are now open. Over 4000 participants have already undergone this course in the previous batches. This course is based on the contents on the rubylearning.com site and the Ruby eBook.
Complete diagram of Merb core boot
Merb core boot diagram is done and much more comprehensible, it can be found under /docs in merb-core repository.
Rubinius finally runs Ruby on Rails!
Evan writes about successfuly serving of dynamic and static pages from a Rails app on Rubinius. Huzzah!
Open-Sourcing RubyFlow?
Today I realized this app doesn’t have a search function yet, and I wonder if it’s possible to contribute to Rubyflow? Wouldn’t it be great to host it on Github and see what the community will make out of it?
Merb has really powerful router
Merb router combines regular expressions, segments matching and nesting of routes to produce some very cool possibilities, say, for i18n plugin developer.
Some thoughts on ERb and HTML and markup
ERb and HTML – looking for a better way here
Ruboss: A new project for Flex + Restful Rails
Ruboss: A new project for Flex + Restful Rails. From the author of Flexible Rails (Peter Armstrong) and Dima Berastau. Ruboss Framework: The RESTful way to develop Adobe Flex and AIR applications that easily integrate with Rails. Google Code and ruboss.com
Rubular
Rubular: an online Ruby regular expression editor
SWFUpload, Paperclip and Ruby on Rails
SWFUpload + Paperclip + Ruby on Rails = Awesome File Upload UI
Palmist
Palmist: A Handy Tool for Finding and Fixing MySQL Bottlenecks in Rails
RubyOnRails Training in the East Midlands, UK
Until now, RubyOnRails training, courses and workshops have been few and far between in the UK and pretty much exclusive to London. Kris, from Interkonect Limited, has decided it is time to share his knowledge and expertise, starting with a QuickStart RubyOnRails Workshop aimed at kicking starting those familiar with building dynamic websites in to the Rails way of thinking. These will not be ‘sit and listen’ classes. We expect you to get involved, ask questions and to be programming right along side us on your own laptop. 90% of this workshop will involve live coding sessions and is taught by programmers for programmers. By the end of the workshop you will be have the confidence to build your own sophisticated Rails applications. We are holding our events at the East Midlands Conference Centre which is on the University of Nottingham campus. Seating is limited and expected to sell out early, so don’t delay.
nginx - Reading the fine print
Long running Rails requests and nginx don’t play together well, its worth reading the nginx fine print.
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.