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More than 101+ Ruby and Ruby on Rails Blogs 'n' News Sites (w/ Feeds) @ Planet Ruby's Sources Page
Hello, I’ve added a sources page to the Planet Ruby that lists more than 101+ ruby blogs and news sites w/ feeds. Anything missing? Let us know. Happy planet. Cheers.
How to do phone verification using SMS via Twilio
A step by step guide on how to do phone verification using SMS via Twilio. Read the full article here.
OAuth2, Google and Ruby
A step-by-step guide on authorizing YouTube API access using Ruby.
using select, reject, collect, inject and detect
If you are getting started with Ruby, looping through arrays and hashes ‘the ruby way’ should be one of your first goals! Read the full article here.
How to install and use RVM
I’ve outlined how easy it is to install and get started with RVM as well as why you should do it. Read the full article here.
loaf v0.4.0 release
loaf manages breadcrumbs in Rails app. This release cleans up api as well as internals and gets tested on all major ruby and Rails versions. Enjoy!
Build a Pocket Clone: Part 2
Part 2 in building a clone of the url reader application Pocket
Everything You Should Know about Asset Pipeline
Check out our new blog post on how to work with Rails Asset Pipeline. We covered basic usage, file structure, pre-compilation, asset helpers and finally, some gotchas to watch out for. [more inside]
The good and bad of paid acquisition
Product people usually stay away from buying traffic to promote products. That’s because they don’t understand how it works, or underestimate how it might help accelerate growth. In this article, I discuss the good and bad of buying traffic to promote digital products, ebooks and apps. After reading this article, you’ll at least get rid of your prejudices against paid acquisition and become more comfortable with the idea of using paid acquisition to get more customers.
parelation.js
parelation.js: an ActiveRecord–like API to access backends built with parelation gem.
Using fallback fonts in Prawn
I just wrote a new post about Fallback fonts in Prawn on the CookiesHQ site.
Lord of the Code Smells for Padrino
Slides of my talk “Lord of the Code Smells for Padrino” @rug_b are now online on speakerdeck
Interview by The Changelog about Passenger 5 and the Raptor campaign
The Changelog, a weekly blog and podcast about open source projects, interviewed Phusion about Phusion’s history, what’s new in Passenger 5, how the Raptor campaign came to be and why, the challenges of open source, future Passenger developments, etc.
Nuts & Bolts #4: Create and install SSL certificates with ease – a Capistrano recipe
How to generate the Private Key, what’s the correct chaining order, or how to create a PEM Certificate? We all know it and we hate it: Installing or renewing the SSL certificates for our application. [more inside]
queue_classic 3.1 RC1 released with better ActiveJob support and built-in scheduling
I released queue_classic 3.1 RC1 yesterday. What’s in it? [more inside]
MicroServices explained using Mincraft
Hmm. While trying to explain micro-services to various devs and ops people at the company I work with, I was asked to come up with a slide show. Phhhhbt. Not likely. Boring! So I decided to do an introduction to micro-services using Minecraft. The reason was that with humor and a visual meaning you get more engagement and more memory. So here is the link. Don’t worry, I’m not selling ads or whatever. Just a 58 year old geekess being open. And speaking of open, I can’t seem to add the YouTube link here. Complaining about an invalid link apparently. So see MicroServices explained in a visual medium: MineCraft! for the link.
Ruby and Ruby on Rails Scene in Barcelona
I compiled some info about the Ruby and Ruby on Rails scene in Barcelona. If you’re thinking on moving here, or are just curious, go ahead and check it out :)
New Web Feed Libraries/Gems - feedparser and feedfilter
I’ve uploaded two new feed tool gems, that is, feedparser and feedfilter. What’s feedparser? The feedparser gem is (yet) another gem that tries to “normalize” web feeds in RSS 2.0 and Atom flavors offering two “normalized” Ruby classes, that is, Feed and Item (plus the mapping in builders, that is, RssFeedBuilder and AtomFeedBuilder).
What’s feedfilter? The feedfilter gem collects filters for feeds e.g. using strip_ads lets you strip feedflare ads or feedburner bugs and so on using (builtin) text patterns. Both gems get used by the planet pluto machinery that runs, for example, Planet Ruby or Planet Open Data. Cheers.
Ginatra 4.0 finally released!
I just released Ginatra 4.0, release name: Aurora.
Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby (Book Review)
My review of the book Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby by Sandi Metz: http://hectorcorrea.com/#/blog/practical-object-oriented-design-in-ruby/57
CarrierWave - basic video conversion
Some up-to-date tips on how to convert video files with carrierwave and streamio-ffmpeg gems. CarrierWave - basic video conversion
Troubleshooting Performance Problems with New Relic Katas
Want to learn how to improve your application’s performance? Practicing by troubleshooting a common performance problem is a great way to start.
Why Do They Say Rails Doesn't Scale?
It’s an outdated meme, but some people still ask about it… Some answers to “Why Do They Say Rails Doesn’t Scale? [more inside]
Kindred: A javascript framework built for Rails
kindred gem v0.0.1 is cut! [more inside]