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Netzke (Rails + Ext JS framework) got a website
One place for all Netzke stuff: netzke.org
Get Rails 3 up and running in 10 minutes.
Instructions for getting Rails 3.0.0.beta4 up and running in 10 minutes. Features Cucumber, PostgreSQL, RVM, and Heroku. My Rails 3 gist.
PDFKit - Rethinking PDF Creation in Ruby
Jared Pace just launched PDFKit PDF generator that uses HTML/CSS. He blogged about it here!
gstore (0.1.0) ruby client for the Google Storage API
I just released gstore - a ruby client for the Google Storage API. [more inside]
twitter_oauth (0.4.0) now has support for Twitter Geo API
I’ve just added Geo API support to the twitter_oauth gem. More info on the Twitter Blog
RVM Gemsets + Bundler == Awesome
This is how I’ve been mixing RVM and Bundler lately. (the two were made for one another)
Sprite: CSS Sprite Image Generator
Just stumbled across a badass gem called Sprite. Sprite “helps generate css sprite images automagically.” On top of that, it has hooks for merb/rails/sinatra.
Introduction to Riak
A two hour intensive NoSQL training entitled “Introduction to Riak” as given by Sean Cribbs of Basho is available now for online viewing at the Red Dirt RubyConf website.
ExtJS/Rails CRUD Application in 7 Minutes
A write-up on how to quickly build a Task Manager web-application with Ext JS, Ruby on Rails, and Netzke: the article.
Whyday: Celebrating Why on August 19
A day to celebrate Why the lucky stiff. Build something weird!
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New docs site for Faye
If you’ve been using Faye, my HTTP messaging middleware for Rack, you should take a look at the new project site. Should be a bit easier to skim than the pile of text that previously resided on the GitHubs.
Improving application throughput 900%+ with asynchronous responses in Rails 3
Thanks to Mike Perham and Ilya Grigorik we now have the requirements necessary to build extremely fast and scalable asynchronous applications in Rails 3. I just ported an application over and got a throughput improvement of over 900%. Here is a short write-up with links to all the background info.
paperclip, factory_girl, shoulda all work on Rails 3
All thoughtbot gems now work on Rails 3 beta 4. This includes Paperclip, shoulda, factory_girl, hoptoad_notifier, clearance, high_voltage, and pacecar. Read more details on the thoughtbot blog.
Aspect4r 0.8.1 is released
Aspect4r 0.8.1 is out. Important new features are: define advices on class methods, test advices and wrapped methods easily. IMO, with this release it can be considered a complete solution for extract common code from one class/module. [more inside]
17 Rack Middlewares I Want To Use
I posted 17 Rack Middlewares I want to use from going through CodeRack.
The textilize and markdown methods were removed from Rails
The next version of Rails 3 will have no textilize, textilize_without_paragraph, and markdown methods. Get them back with Formatize!
Fingerprinting Support for Paperclip
I’ve added Fingerprinting support to Paperclip. This can make your web app faster for users and also reduce bandwidth costs.
Introducing Prarupa
Prarupa is a gem/plugin for Rails 3 that provides the textilize, textilize_without_paragraph and markdown helpers(removed in master). It uses RDiscount for markdown instead of BlueCloth and the markdown method also accepts options like :filter_html & :autolink.
Rails Best Practices: introduction
I’m writing a series of posts about Rails Best Practices: this is the first introduction post. Follow me, i like if you have comments and contributes.
ExtJS and Rails with Netzke: Virtual attributes in grids and forms
A fresh solution to cleanly specify and configure (virtual) attributes for Netzke widgets: the blog post. With live demo, as usual.
Consume a web service in 3 lines of Ruby...
Find out how to read read World Bank data (using a public JSON web service) using 3 lines of ruby code.